Liber Maledictus

I walked into the bookshop, prepared to buy Rick's final Olympians book, Liber Maledictus, it was just announced only a month ago, and the book had finally arrived in book stores. There was just one copy left, and oddly, the cover's colours were negative, rather than what they were supposed to be. I assumed it was just an error or last minute change (I was so wrong), bought the book, and went home to read it. I was entranced the moment I opened the cover. It was about Percy attempting to save the world from Chaos, and it was the longest book yet, with more than a thousand pages. I read it whenever I could, in the shower, the park, school. My parents began to worry about me, and hid the book until I could "control" myself. I found it, and read it in secret.

Eventually, I realized the story was gradually getting darker and... gorier.

"Percy walked into the catacombs, when suddenly a hydra attacked, but Percy simply stabbed the beast in its heart, and used his powers over water to expel all the fluids from the monster, killing it, so he ate it and continued on." -Page 567 Paragraph 1

That is the one of the only excerpts I can provide, all the others are just too....disturbing. As I read farther in, I became shocked, but I couldn't stop reading. Eventually, Annabeth was eaten by monsters, in a long in gruesome scene, when I realized I was crying, and instead of water, blood poured out like a geyser, I ran into the kitchen to tell my mum, but she pretended nothing was happening and told me to calm down and to stop trying to attract attention. It later stopped, so I continued reading.

The book never ended. It just went on and on and on and on. I tried flipping to the last page, but my muscles refused to obey, so I was forced to continue reading. After six hours, at approximately midnight, I finally reached the end. The final sentence said, "And Percy looked upon the maws of death, and despaired." I had the sudden urge to look behind me, so I did. There was a Hellhound the size of a lion, and it sprung into action, mauling me and tearing apart my bedroom.

A few minutes later, I'm in the hospital, a few hours later after that, I'm in the psychiatric ward. No one believes me BUT ITS TRUE! Eventually, someone will know, someone will understand, SOMEONE SHALL BELIEVE! I see the book EVERYWHERE! On my bed on a table on a self ITS EVERYWHERE!