Heroes in training

Zeus and Hercules have gotten the Hydra's scale and the Amazon warrior queen's golden belt, and that leaves just one more task to complete to stop King Eurystheus from declaring war on Olympus--bring Cerberus, the three-headed hound of Hades, to King Eurystheus. Hoping Athena can help them convince Hades to let them borrow his hound, Zeus, Hercules, and Athena arrive in the Underworld only to be confronted by the mysterious Melinoe and her shadow army of skeleton ghost Nightmares.

For their next task, Zeus and Hercules must travel to the land of the Amazons to capture a belt from their queen. Before they get there though, they must escape their capture by the giant Alkyoneus who wants to feed them to his daughters.

Zeus and his fellow gods-in-training face a new challenge in the underworld when they attempt to capture Cerberus--the three-headed guardian and cherished pet of Zeus's brother Hades. But they find themselves up against even more than they anticipated when they have to face off against Melinoe and her skeletal minions.

Zeus and his fellow Olympians are told by the Oracle Pythia that they must next face a gigantic dragon and use all their skills to defeat it together. Meanwhile, the Olympians are saved from an attack by a woman named Gaia who wants to help the Olympians defeat Cronus--but only if they free her three sons locked in Tartarus.

Zeus and the Olympians head to a festival in the Land of Grapes, where Dionysus' voice seems to cast a magical spell on them. Then, an army of Cronies appears at the festival, and Dion has to decide to follow his musical dreams or join the Olympians as the god he is.

"In order to placate Eurythseus, Hercules must steal a golden belt from an Amazon warrior, but first he encounters the fearsome giant Alkyoneus, who plans to feed him to his seven hungry daughters"--OCLC.

Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon continue on their quest to find a magical trident.

"When Hercules vandalizes Eurythseus' temple and Eurythseus threatens war with the Olympians, the Oracle Pythia decides that Hercules must present him with a scale from the nine-headed serpent, Hydra, to make amends"--Provided by publisher.

"The terrible Titans are merciless giants who rule the earth, led by Cronus, the biggest, baddest Titan of them all. Cronus and his cronies have put the world into chaos-but the Titans' rule is about to be challenged by a group of young Olympians, led by ten-year-old Zeus, as they discover their powers and try to claim their rightful place as rulers in various realms of the universe"--Amazon.

Contains two stories by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams including: "Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom" in which ten-year-old Zeus, irritated that he keeps getting struck by lightning, discovers a magical thunderbolt embedded in a stone and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime when he is attacked by the Titans, who have been kidnapping other Olympian children with powers comparable to Zeus's; and "Poseidon and the Sea of Fury" in whichZeus, Hera, and Poseidon continue on their quest to find a magical trident.