Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends, and generally trying to stay alive. This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Can Percy find the lightning bolt before a fully-fledged war of the Gods erupts?
雷克•莱尔顿，当今世界最畅销青少年图书男作家，与罗琳、梅尔比肩。
早年是一位英文老师及小提琴演奏者，教职达15年之久，非常了解青少年的心理现实和生活现实，也很有教育经验。他同时是两个男孩的父亲。
他将神话角色巧妙的融入冒险故事框架中创作出了“波西•杰克逊系列”小说，深受全球广大青少年读者喜爱，占据各大畅销排行榜，并获得诸多重要奖项。莱尔顿也经常到各地和大小读者交流写作与生活的心得，目前和家人住在美国德州的圣安东尼奥。莱尔顿曾为儿子患有读写困难症和多动症所困扰。当时儿子8岁，正在接受治疗。他在学校无法上课，拒绝读书，常常闷闷不乐。为了安慰儿子，他给儿子讲自己喜爱的希腊神话故事。
神话故事讲完了，就接着编新故事给儿子听。“我给他讲述一个患有读写困难症和多动症的小男孩的故事，但他之所以这样，是因为他是希腊神的儿子，负有拯救世界的使命。