: The reluctant hero whose ADHD and dyslexia are actually battle instincts and a brain "hard-wired" for Ancient Greek.
: A loyal satyr and Percy's best friend who serves as his protector.
: A counselor at Camp Half-Blood who initially mentors Percy but is later revealed as the true lightning thief working for Kronos.
The Lightning Thief is the first novel in Rick Riordan’s best-selling Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. It follows 12-year-old Percy Jackson, who discovers he is a demigod and the son of Poseidon.
When Zeus’s Master Bolt is stolen, Percy is blamed and must embark on a cross-country quest to find it and prevent an all-out war between the gods. Accompanied by his friend Grover Underwood (a satyr) and Annabeth Chase (daughter of Athena), Percy battles mythological monsters like Medusa and eventually uncovers a deeper conspiracy involving the Titan Kronos and a betrayal by a trusted friend, Luke Castellan.