The Centaurs were not very easy to find. Poseidon had saved the coordinates from the place where he had seen them but now there was no sign of human life. The empty plains stretched away to the horizon on all sides.

"I told you we should have brought the dogs," Artemis said.

Poseidon grunted, his eyes continuing to search the landscape.

Prometheus tugged at his tunic. "Land the beetle and Tros and I will look," he suggested. Poseidon shrugged, but brought the pod down. ...