Thirty-five women compete for the chance of the lifetime. For a crown. For glory.
For Prince Percy Jackson.
Prince Percy Jackson has turned eighteen, and thus, a new selection begins. Percy can't stand the spotlight. He doesn't like the attention, nor does he enjoy the responsibility. He is simply a new adult, one that carries the burden of a country on his shoulders. The time for him to choose a wife has finally come, yet he can't make himself excited. He doesn't connect with anyone, until one blonde-haired, gray-eyed girl knees him in his soft spot and spits on him. Percy then finds himself not being able to shake the stubborn young woman from his mind.
Annabeth Chase is poor, without a proper family, and has no one to confide in. Her life is miserable, full of goads and abuse from her step-mother, who blames Annabeth for her father's death. When Annabeth is on the brink of death, she finds a sliver of hope, something that can take her away from her horrible reality. The price? Annabeth's very own morals and soul. She must sell herself to her kingdom-compete for the hand of a Prince that she doesn't want and the crown that she refuses to sit under.
She must compete in the annual Selection.
Little does she know, her life is about to be turned upside down. She could never imagine falling for a Prince. She doesn't even like the Prince like other girls, yet she is about to find herself tripping head over heels for Prince Percy, despite everything in her that yearns to rebel.
Annabeth's spark of rebellion will soon catch, raging into an inferno that can either destroy the kingdom she knows . . .
Or recreate it.
The war is over; Percy Jackson hopes to breathe a sigh of relief and have his happily ever after with Annabeth Chase.
In comes Gwen - a daughter of Venus, claiming to be Octavian's sister. When her lies and accusations threaten to create a rift between the newly formed Alliance between the Greeks and Romans, Chiron and Annabeth think it best to banish Percy from camp to avoid war.
Devastated from the betrayal, miserable as he has nowhere to go, he stumbles across an ancient deity in a secluded forest while going nowhere in particular. The deity offers Percy a job. A job that requires a lot of killing the bad guys.
But does Percy feel too bitter and broken to do good?
Meanwhile another deity is planning revenge on someone. This deity emanates raw power and is considered one of the most powerful in the universe. And he wishes to attack earth. Camp half-blood precisely.
When a nefarious plot threatens Earth, what side will the now banished hero of Olympus choose?
With the enemy so powerful and the campers so hopelessly outnumbered, and with the option of revenge available, will he snap? Will the ghosts of his past haunt him? Or will he conquer them and go on to win the war for the ones that betrayed him? Will he abandon his family? Will he choose vengeance over forgiveness? Will the campers pay for their treachery? Or will their hero once again try to save the day in such a suicidal war?
Find out only in "Percy Jackson and The Council's Army" - a book full of twists and turns till the end.
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