the_blood_of_olympus_-_rick_riordan

Deep laughter echoed through the chamber.
On Piper’s right, a giant appeared. He didn’t come through either doorway. He simply emerged
from the darkness as if he’d been camouflaged against the wall.
He was small for a giant – perhaps twenty-five feet tall, which would give him enough room to
swing the massive sledgehammer in his hands. His armour, his skin and his dragon-scale legs were
all the colour of charcoal. Copper wires and smashed circuit boards glittered in the braids of his oilblack
hair.
‘Very good, child of Aphrodite.’ The giant smiled. ‘This is indeed the Temple of Fear. And I am
here to make you believers.’