The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3)

by Rick Riordan

A hero couldn’t control the gods, but he should be able to control himself.

The more heroic stuff he did, the more he realized how limited he was.

Parks cut across the city with a crazy collection of palm trees, pines, junipers, and olive trees, as if Rome couldn’t decide what part of the world it belonged to—or maybe it just believed all the world still belonged to Rome.