Kevin Lau

My journey into the world of Stephen King continues! In the year 1981, a man is found on the beach of Maine, dead. No one knows who he is or how he got there. Even the cause of death is a mystery. Nearly 25 years later in 2005, no one has been able to solve the case, the most information anyone got was that the man from Colorado. Upon request to their new intern, two long-time reporters who helped with the "Colorado Kid" case tell their take on the tale, giving the intern all the information they could dig up on this unsolved case. After years of the "Colorado Kid" case being stuck at a dead end, could a young, fresh mind solve the case? Yes, this is written by Stephen King. No, this is not a horror novel or 800+ pages long. It's a 184-page (3 3/4 hours on audiobook) murder mystery  that keeps the reader trying to puzzle what happened to the Colorado Kid. How did he get from Colorado to Maine in the short amount of time according to the evidence gathered...

I read the whole book in one day. I think you can guess what my opinion on this book is. Much like The Demigod Files , The Demigod Diaries  collects four short stories tying into both the Percy Jackson & the Olympians  series as well as Heroes of Olympus . Alongside the four short stories, there are also artwork for locations of the stories, a couple games, and a short interview with George and Martha, the two snakes attached to the staff of Hermes, God of thieves. The first story, The Diary of Luke Castellan , is perhaps the biggest highlight of the collection. The excerpt from Luke's diary tells of an adventure Luke and Thalia had five years before The Lightning Thief . In this adventure, Luke and Thalia must escape a house full of monsters and mythical traps. It gives readers a deeper insight of the character of Luke, the story being told through his eyes. The story also covers Thalia's finding of her shield, Aegis, and the bronze dagger Annabeth later wields in...

Return to the mythical world on Percy Jackson in the spin-off series, The Heroes of Olympus ! After being nearly killed on a field trip to the Grand Canyon by a bunch of storm spirits, Jason, Piper, and Leo are saved by a couple of other teenagers and taken to Camp Half-Blood, the safest place for kids like them: demigods. Piper and Leo are shocked to find this out, but Jason senses that he knew this already, but he isn't sure. He had woken up on the bus on the field trip next to Piper and Leo with no memory of who he is or how he got there, he just knew something wasn't right. When Hera, the goddess of marriage, contacts Jason and tells him she's imprisoned, he and his new friends must save her by the winter solstice, less than a week away. As Jason struggles leading the trio even though he has no memory of his past, Leo tries his best to help with the quest and lighten the mood whereas Piper holds a secret that could kill them all. Told through third-perspectives ...