Set, a god of chaos, captures Julius and declares his intention to become king of the world.

His magic has the unintended side effect of summoning the gods Horus, Isis, Nephthys, and Set, as well as alerting the magicians Zia Rashid and Michel Desjardins to his actions, which are illegal in the magic community. Julius, a magician posing as a simple Egyptologist, takes the siblings to the British Museum, where he tries to bring Osiris (the Egyptian god of the Underworld) into the mortal world. Plot Ĭarter and his father Julius Kane are visiting Carter's sister Sadie, who has lived with her maternal grandparents in London since the death of their mother, Ruby Kane. Free, was a finalist at the Audiobook of the Year Award. The audiobook of The Red Pyramid, narrated by Katherine Kellgren and Kevin R. It also won a School Library Journal Best Book Award, and was also shortlisted for the 2011 Red House Children's Book Award. The novel was on the Amazon Children's bestseller list. The Red Pyramid received generally positive reviews with critics praising its pace, action and storyline. The novel is written as though it is a transcription of an audio recording by siblings Carter and Sadie Kane, alternately narrated in first-person by the siblings. They are thrown into an adventure to rescue their father, while simultaneously trying to save the world from destruction. The duo unknowingly hosts the Egyptian gods Horus and Isis, while their father is taken as a host by Osiris who is captured by Set. As a result, they are able to both host gods and wield magic.

The book follows the Kane siblings, Carter and Sadie, as they discover they are descended from both the pharaohs and magicians of ancient Egypt. It has been published in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and large-print editions, and has been translated into 19 languages from its original English. The novel was first published in the United States on May 4, 2010, by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Publishing Worldwide. It is the first novel in The Kane Chronicles series. The Red Pyramid is a 2010 fantasy- adventure novel based on Egyptian mythology written by Rick Riordan.

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