Book 3 in Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series sees the mixed group of seven demigods (three Romans, four Greek, if I figured correctly) road-tripping from San Francisco to Rome via the Argo II, a big ol' boat that flies as well as it floats. The group's main purpose in heading to Rome is to stop a couple of giants from destroying the ancient city and awakening the evil Gaia, though daughter of Athena, Annabeth, is following the titular Mark of Athena to find the massive-and-long-missing Athena Parthenos sculpture. Since this is a Riordan book, myriad battles with mythical creatures and characters (Hercules, anyone?) ensue.
As he's done with the previous books in this series, Riordan trades narration among the main characters, which works surprisingly well with a large group such as this one. It always amazes me that he's able to keep coming up with more myths to
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