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TITLE: THE RED PYRAMID (KANE CHRONICLES #1)
AUTHOR: RICK RIORDAN
GENRE: ADVENTURE-FICTION
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Books
ISBN:9781423113386
PAGES: 516
Synopsis:
The setting has changed from Greek mythology to Ancient Egypt mythology, and the centre myth revolves around the Osiris-overthrown-by-Set-and-Isis--revived-Osiris story.
The main characters this time, are the Kane siblings, Carter Kane 14 and Sadie Kane, 12. The siblings are not close at all, having being raised separated since their mother's death 6 years ago. However things changed when their father, who is a famous Egyptian archeologist cum Magician, caused an explosion in the British Museum and released 5 Ancient Gods, ie Set, Osiris, Horus, Isis and Nephtys.
Set imprisoned Dr Kane and the siblings were forced to run for their lives. They must stop Set's evil plan to take over the world on the 3rd Demons' Day, ie sunrise of 29th December, which is also Set's birthday. They got help from various parties, Amos Kane, Bast the Cat Goddess, Isis, Horus, Magicians like Zia and Desjardins and Iskandar and many more.
The ending closes some mysteries and things that set the readers confused, also at the same time foreshadows the adventures in the next book, that is to find Zia and reunite the House of Life and the Gods.
The adventure is comparable to Percy's, however I personally feel that Percy's adventure is more exciting. However I must say I am being biased, cause Percy has 5 books in total and The Kanes only has 1.
Nonetheless, The Red Pyramid is a nice book and I strongly recommend it to Percy fans (that's you Benjamin Button!) and other friends who are being so boring at home with nothing to do.
★★★★☆
-KarWai-
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