The Lie in The Stars

““You saw it,” Percy says hoarsely. “They were going to kill them.”No one answers. Someone takes a step back.“There wasn’t time,” he insists, voice rising despite his attempts to remain calm. “If I’d hesitated for even a second—”“You didn’t have to do that,” a camper whispers but it carries in the silence. There are no voices of assent but Percy glimpses slow nods in the crowd.That does it.Percy is forced to watch as his life crumbles to dust around him no matter how much he tries pick it back up. Facing distance, mistrust, and ultimately betrayal from the people he loves, Percy is left reeling and wondering where it all went wrong. Is the problem truly the Oracle’s words (Sea bleeds red)? Or is it and has it always been him?Faced with undeserved malice and destroyed relationships, Percy leaves for good but as he travels and explores, he learns more about the universe and himself than he ever thought possible.And when the time finally comes for him to return and even more secrets come unveiled, the question is whether he will remain the same or if, like the burning house of his life, he too must be consumed so that he may then be reborn