Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Puffin Book
ISBN: 9780141384955
Back Cover text
Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.
One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.
Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them, Set, has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe - a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
This is the new chronicle series from Rick Riordan, the author for Percy Jackson's series. The book was released in 4th May 2010. I got myself a copy yesterday. In spite of its size and around 41 chapters long, I think anyone who enjoyed Percy Jackson's will find themselves loving this book as well. Same style of writing where in this series, instead of having one narrator (in Percy's series) but now, he allows Sadie and Carter to alternate in every few chapters. Their voices are very different and how they see things is very interesting and different. It also keeps up a lot of the humor.
Rick's again pulling ancient mythology into the modern world. Previously was Greek's but now is Eygpt. He really makes his story believable. Where that's why I likes Rick's works.
And for your info, Disney has agreed on the second series of Camp-Half-Blood adventure called The Heroes of Olympus. The first book, The Lost Hero will publish in 12th Oct 2010. Read more from the author's blog
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