Как я уже сказала, самый шикарный момент - это явление Марса народу Здесь Риордан ухитрился, помимо всего прочего, простебать самого себя
Ох, вот бы все Пророчества в книгах и фильмах были такими
Octavian somehow managed to bow even lower. 'Um, Lord Mars, just one tiny thing. A quest requires a prophecy, a mystical poem to guide us! We used to get them from the Sibylline books, but now it's up to the augur to glean the will of gods. So if I could just run and get about seventy stuffed animals and possibly a knife-'
'You're the augur?' the god interrupted.
'Y-yes, my lord.'
Mars pulled a scroll from his utility belt. 'Anyone got a pen?'
The legionnaires stared at him.
Mars sighed. 'Two hundred Romans, and no one's got a pen? Never mind!'
He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the grenade morphed into a ballpoint pen, and Mars began to write.
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'There!' Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. 'A prophecy. You can add it to your books, engrave it on your floor, whatever.'
Octavian read the scroll. 'This says, "Go to Alaska. Find Thanatos and free him. Come back by sundown on June twenty-fourth or die."'