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HARRY POTTER MEETS PERCY JACKSON On their eighteenth birthday, everyone in the world receives a Shadowbox--a magic box that is a gift like no other... because it's a gift from the Gods. For the majority of people, there's only a birthday message inside their Shadowbox, which is still considered a blessing. For a few chosen, though, there's something more. Nobody knows what those special guys receive. What's known is that they disappear and never come back. Rumors say they are invited to join the Gods' Army... I think it's just a load of crap. My name is Melany Richmond, and for my entire life, I've been an outcast, an orphan tossed around like a ship in a storm. I don't even think that gods really exist. I'm not one of those freaking people that worship Zeus or Ares and bring offers to their temples in the hope to receive an "invitation." I never even received my Shadowbox when I turned eighteen. Maybe because nobody knows my true birth date, or because not even the gods care about me. Let's face it: it's unlikely they could look after a blue haired rebel with tattoos all over her arms. A girl who has been a troublemaker her whole life. I'm not like Callie Demos, the beautiful blondie living in the huge estate my adopted mother takes care of. She is the perfect specimen of Greek devotion, and nobody doubts she will get "the call." She has everything in her life and she doesn't appreciate any of it. Her birthday party is the biggest event in town, and everyone wants to be ther