The Lightning Thief
 The Lightning Thief is a 2005 fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan known for his Percy Jackson novel series. It is the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series which charts the adventures of modern-day twelve-year-old Percy Jackson as he discovers he is a demigod the son of a mortal woman and the Greek god Poseidon.