Rick Riordan
The Battle of the Labyrinth - 04
blasted out of the ground. The king watched, incredulous, as the inventor and son shot into the sky
on their bronze wings, carried by the updraft.
“Shoot them!” the king yelled, but his guards had brought no bows. One threw his sword in
desperation, but Daedalus and Icarus were already out of reach. They wheeled above the maze and
the king’s palace, then zoomed across the city of Knossos and out past the rocky shores of C