Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction — Zeus’ master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.
Clary Fray’s search for her missing mother leads her into an alternate New York called Downworld, filled with mysterious faeries, hard-partying warlocks, not-what-they-seem vampires, an army of werewolves, and the demons who want to destroy it all. She also finds herself torn between two boys—her best friend, Simon, for whom she’s developing new feelings, and the mysterious Shadowhunter, Jace. She becomes a part of the secret world of the Shadowhunters and as she does, she discovers that rescuing her mother might mean jeopardizing everything the Shadowhunters work for.
A Court of Thorns and Roses follows the story of Feyre Archeron, a 19-year-old huntress. After killing a faerie wolf in the woods, she is kidnapped and taken to the faerie land of Prythian by a beast-like creature that demands punishment for the kill. Feyre discovers that her kidnapper is not a beast, but another faerie named Tamlin, an immortal being that once ruled her world. As she lives with Tamlin at his estate, her feelings towards him develop from hate to love, and she comes to learn that everything she has learnt about the faerie world is a lie.