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''The Sea of Monsters'' is a fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology written by Rick Riordan published in 2006. It is the second novel in the ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' series and the sequel to ''The Lightning Thief''. This book chronicles the adventures of thirteen-year-old demigod Percy Jackson as he and his friends rescue his satyr friend Grover from the Cyclops Polyphemus and save the camp from a Titan's attack by bringing the Golden Fleece to cure Thalia's poisoned pine tree. ''The Sea of Monsters'' was released on April 1, 2006,〔 by Miramax Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children〔〔 and thus Disney Publishing (succeeded by the Disney Hyperion imprint). It was generally well–received and was nominated for numerous awards, including the 2006 Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick〔 and the 2009 Mark Twain Award.〔 It sold over 100,000 copies in paperback with over one million copies total and was released in audiobook format on September 6, 2006. ''The Sea of Monsters'' is followed by ''The Titan's Curse'', the third book of the five in the series. A film adaptation of the book, ''Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'', was released on August 7, 2013. ==Plot== At school, a group of Laestrygonians attack Percy, but he is saved by his half-brother Tyson (a cyclops disguised as a human). Annabeth takes Percy and Tyson to Camp Half-Blood, but they arrive to find the camp under attack by two bronze Colchis bulls which Clarisse la Rue and Tyson defeat. Thalia's tree has been poisoned, leaving the camp vulnerable to enemy attacks and Chiron is suspected of poisoning it (largely because of his family connection to the titan Kronos). Percy has been having nightmares about Grover; who explains that Polyphemus, a cyclops, is holding him captive in the "Sea of Monsters". Percy tells Annabeth about his dreams, and she deduces that Grover has found the Golden Fleece, which can cure Thalia's poisoned tree. Tantalus (who was replacing Chiron at the time) sends Clarisse on a quest to find the Golden Fleece, so Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson run away from camp in order to try and find it themselves. Hermes gives them gifts to help them on their quest, and they call on Hippocampi, who carry them to a passing cruise ship, the ''Princess Andromeda''. Once aboard, they discover the ship belongs to Luke Castellan and the Titan Army. They escape on a lifeboat and eventually find land. Later, they are saved by Clarisse, who is sailing on a confederate battleship called the ''CSS Birmingham''. En route to the Sea of Monsters, the ''CSS Birmingham'' is destroyed by the monsters Charybdis and Scylla. Presuming Tyson and Clarisse are dead, Percy and Annabeth escape to a nearby island, where they find "CC's Spa and Resort". The spa resort's owner is the sorceress Circe, who turns Percy into a guinea pig and puts him in a cage with six others, who are revealed to be the crew of the notorious pirate Blackbeard (the demigod son of Ares). Percy and Annabeth manage to escape Circe's island by stealing Blackbeard's ship, the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. Percy and Annabeth reach Polyphemus' island, where they are reunited with Tyson and Clarisse, who survived the shipwreck. They rescue Grover and find the Golden Fleece, and are returned to the mainland by Hippocampi. Clarisse returns to Camp Half-Blood with the Fleece by plane. Percy and company are captured by Luke and taken to the ''Princess Andromeda''. Percy manages to contact Camp Half-Blood and tricks Luke into admitting that he poisoned Thalia's tree, proving Chiron's innocence. Luke nearly kills them, but Chiron himself shows up with an army of centaurs and rescues them. Returning to the camp, Chiron is given his job back and the Golden Fleece removes the poison from Thalia's tree. However, Thalia Grace herself is ejected from the tree and revived. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sea of Monsters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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