Nekhbet insists that Setne must not be allowed to make himself a god and the four teens join forces with her.Īfter a brief discussion, Percy reluctantly agrees to let Nekhbet use him as a host in a last ditch attempt to defeat Setne. Even with Nekhbet's help, they are unable to stop Setne from taking Nekhbet's crown, so the group retreats. When the quartet relocate Setne, he is trying to summon the goddess Nekhbet, guardian of the crown of Upper Egypt. Sadie and Annabeth teach each other a little magic, and Annabeth loans Carter her invisibility cap. Since Percy's sword has been absorbed by Setne, Carter gives Percy his wand, which turns into a kopis. Carter and Annabeth decide that they need to combine attacks to defeat him. The Kanes finally arrive and help the demigods track down Setne.
Setne summons the goddess Wadjet in order to consume her essence and take the Crown of Lower Egypt from her, becoming master of essentially one-half the Egyptian world. Annabeth and Percy decide to face Setne alone, but are immobilized by the magician. When they become trapped on the island by Setne (who is attempting to become a god using spells in the Book of Thoth), they try to contact Carter and Sadie Kane but fail. Annabeth and Percy Jackson take a ferry to Governors Island in New York Harbor. On October 5, 2015, during his book tour for The Sword of Summer, Rick Riordan announced a compilation of all the crossover stories titled Demigods and Magicians, released on April 5, 2016.Īnnabeth Chase dreams of her mother, Athena, telling her that there is trouble brewing. On April 27, he announced that the story would be released again on May 12 as an ebook or audiobook and would contain the first chapter of The Sword of Summer. On March 3, 2015, he previewed the cover on Hypable, along with the information that the story would be for Percy Jackson's point of view. His announcement included the fact that the short story would be first published in the paperback version of The House of Hades on March 31, 2015, along with a short story titled Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades, which had previously appeared in The Demigod Files. On January 15, 2015, Rick Riordan announced a third crossover story titled The Crown of Ptolemy on his Twitter account.