Clarisse, the daughter of Ares and a nemesis of Percy, is given the quest to go to the Sea of Monsters to find the Golden Fleece. Even though they are not permitted to, Percy and Annabeth decide to go as well, not just for the Golden Fleece, but for their friend Grover who is trapped in Polyphemus' cave. Tyson the Cyclops, whom Percy befriends at school that year, joins them on their journey. Tyson is also a son of Poseidon, and therefore Percy's half-brother.
Entering the Sea of Monsters, they have to get past Scylla and Charybdis. Instead of trying to sail in between the two, Clarisse goes for Charybdis, and Tyson appears to die in Clarisse's ship after it sinks from a blow. Throughout the book, Percy feels guilty for this and wishes for Tyson to return. Percy and Annabeth journey to many dangerous islands, and Annabeth tells Percy how Thalia almost died. She also mentions the prophecy and tells Percy that he has a choice to make when he turns sixteen years old. Fighting their way through obstacles, such as the Sirens and Circe's island, Percy and Annabeth join up with Clarisse, Grover, and later Tyson, and escape with the Golden Fleece.
When they return to the mortal world, they send Clarisse on an airplane with the Fleece to camp. Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson are kidnapped by Luke who is the one who actually poisons Thalia's tree. In a duel with him, Percy is nearly killed. He is saved by Chiron, who is proven innocent of poisoning Thalia's tree, and his relatives, the Party Ponies. When they return to camp, the Fleece is put on the tree. It not only revives Thalia's tree, but Thalia too, who appears as she looked when she was turned into a pine tree. It is revealed that this was Kronos's plan, done so that he would have another chance to manipulate the prophecy which governs the future of Olympus and the Olympians.
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