The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan
Carter and Sadie Kane are descended from Narmer and Ramses the Great, 2 pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Their parents were magicians of the House of Life and up until the day their Father blew up the Rosetta Stone unleashing the Egyptian gods into the modern world, their lives where about as normal as you could get when you had magicians for parents. However, Julius Kane’s plan messed up and Set, the god of Chaos imprisoned him in a golden Sarcophagus. Sadie and Carter are forced to run to Brooklyn where Amos, their uncle (who, by the way, is also a magician) shelters them in the 21st nome of the House of Life. Desperate to save their Dad, they embark on a terrifying quest into modern Egypt. With the goddess Bast, as their guardian, they travel from Cairo to Paris to America only to find that they have become hosts to the gods Isis and Horus and the House of Life is hunting them down. Being a ‘godling’ is illegal in Egyptian law. On top of that, Set is planning to release Chaos on his birthday which just do happens to be in a couple of days… Will Sadie and Carter be able to stop Set and save their Dad?
A fun read for all ages. This book also contains a lot of ancient Egyptian myths and legends, much like Riordan Percy Jackson series.
