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The Throne of Fire
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The Kane Chronicles: Book 2

The Throne of Fire (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Rick Riordan (Author) (edit contributors)

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The sequel to Rick Riordan's The Red Pyramid, the Throne of Fire continued the story of Carter and Sadie Kane, descendants of pharaohs and magicians.

Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in trouble. As... read more

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Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods have not given them much time to their skills at Brooklyn... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods have not given them much time to their skills at Brooklyn House, which has become a training ground for young magicians. The other branches of the House of Life are hunting the Kanes down once they left the safety of their branch, the Brooklyn House. And now their most threatening enemy yet—the chaos serpent Apophis—is rising. If they do not prevent him from breaking free in a few days' time, the world will come to an end. The story begins with Carter and Sadie breaking in to the Brooklyn Museum during a wedding to search for a part of the Book of Ra, which will allow them to wake up Ra to help them imprison or kill Apophis, the lord of chaos. Along with them are Khufu the baboon, and their new trainees, Jaz and Walt. Instead, they find a papyrus scroll that is booby trapped with a series of fire traps. As Carter and Walt distract the demons that are a part of the booby trap, Jaz performs a spell that banishes the demons back to the Duat, but Jaz ends up falling into a coma. Before she does, she manages to hand Sadie a wax statue to heal Carter. Carter escapes from the museum with the griffin before the police arrive. When they arrive back in the mansion, Carter explains to the new trainees that they must find Ra, the sun god, before Apophis wakes in four days and swallows the sun as well as all of existence. They also find out that to do this, they must find the three scrolls that control the embodiments of Ra, one of them being the scroll that Sadie found in the museum. However, new enemies await, such as Vladimir (Menshikov) who serves Apophis and holds one of the key scrolls in freeing Ra. (During Carter's wait for Sadie to return he goes out on the balcony, of his room, and during this time he talks about different things. One of them being a reference to Percy Jackson or the Greek story line written by Riordan. He talks about how Amos told him Magcians stay away from Manhattan and how Sadie laughed at him because he thought he saw a flying horse. This can only possibly be the pegasas. If you read the Percy Jackson series, you learn that Mount Olympus is on top of the empire state building in Manhattan.) <5><6>

Characters edit see section history

  • Carter Kane: 14 year old Carter Kane, traveled the world with his dad, until the unfortunate day when his dad blows up the Rosetta Stone. His specialty is combat magic. He is described as always dressing "impeccably" in dress shirts and pants. He has dark skin with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He was the host of the god Horus in the past and still has traces of him left.
  • Sadie Kane: Age 13. Sadie is Carter's sister and also does magic. She is good at reading hieroglyphs and spells because she once hosted the goddess Isis.
  • Bes: Egyptian God of Dwarfs, he is also Carter's and Sadie's guide during The Throne of Fire. Is good at scaring people and demons.
  • Walt Stone: A 14 year old student of Carter and Sadie. He is a natural sau (charm-maker). He is from Seattle, Washington. He has dark brown skin, black hair in a buzz cut, and dark brown eyes.
  • Isis: Egyptian Goddess of magic. Mother of Horus and wife of Osiris.Formerly possessed Sadie.
  • Jaz: Real name is Jazmine. Carter and Sadie are training Jaz to be a better magician. Jaz has blond hair and blue eyes and is a cheerleader. She specializes in healing magic.
  • Zia Rashid: A magician who has mastered fire magic. Friend of Sadie and Carter. She was hidden somewhere (by Iskander), while hosting the goddess Nephthys, and was replaced by a shabti. Carter goes to find her later in the book. Her parents died in an attack by a demon. Carter has a "crush" on Zia, but she doesn't remember him at all.
  • Tawaret: Goddess who has saved Bes many times and likes Bes. Tawaret hates Bast. Goddess of Hippos and pregnate ladies.
  • Ra: Egyptian God of the sun. Retired years ago after being tricked by Isis.
  • Apophis: The eternal lord of Chaos. He is Ra's number one nemesis. He is prophesied to swallow the sun and bathe the earth in darkness and rule for eternity. Unless Carter and Sadie can stop him.
  • Vlad Menshikov: A Russian magician. His specialty is reptiles. He is the 3rd most powerful magician in the world and works closely with Desjardins. Dresses like an ice cream man.
  • Amos Kane: Uncle to Sadie and Carter. Is also a Magician. Is the second most powerful magician.
  • Bast: Cat Goddess who fought Apophis for centuries but was freed by Ruby Kane. She protects Sadie. She sends Bes to help Sadie and Carter.
  • Khufu: Amos's baboon. He only eats foods with names that end in "O." Loves basketball. The Great Pyramid is actually called "The Great Pyramid of Khufu"
  • Horus: Egyptian god of war. Falcon god. Son of Isis and Osiris. Former host was Carter
  • Khonsu: The Moon god who loves to gamble. He can take someones ren.
  • Emma: One of Sadie's best friends from London.
  • Khnum: One of Ra's aspects.
  • Anubis: The god of funerals. Sadie is torn between him and Walt.
  • Liz: One of Sadie's best friends from London.
  • Gran: Sadie and Carter's grandmother that lives in London.
  • Mad Claude: The ba (spirit) of a Roman who encounters the Sadie Kane and her friend Walt in an ancient burial chamber. His real name is Appius Claudius Iratus, and he translates this as Mad Claude.
  • Felix: The youngest magician that Sadie and Carter are training who extremely loves penguins, believing they are the answer for everything.
  • Lord Iskandar: The Chief Lector who died unexpectedly, leaving Desjardins in charge.
  • Katrina: A magical camel that Sadie rode on through the desert. A camel who likes hair. Sadi calls her a natural disater. One of Walt's amulets.
  • Akhenaton: The pharaoh who worshiped the sun, banning Egypt's pantheism in favor of worshiping only one god.
  • Nekhbet: Vulture Goddess- minor goddess. Preys on the weak.
  • Ptah: Creative god Can create things by saying them.
  • Sekhmet: Lion goddess. Was Ra's champion before Bast, bloodlust was so uncontrolled the people of Egypt had to dye beer with pomegranate juice to look like blood. So after drinking it, Sekhmet transforms into the flip side of her personality, the cow goddess.
  • Heket: Frog goddess, long forgotten.
  • Osiris: God of the underworld. Father of Horus, husband of Isis. Is currently Sadie and Carter's father
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Ra is a thin old fool”
    Carter Kane
  • “I'm here to tell you, that comment about weasel cookies probably saved the known universe.”
    Carter Kane
  • “If you didn't listen to our first recording, well...pleased to meet you: the Egyptian gods are running around loose in the modern world; a bunch of magicians called the House of Life is trying to stop them; everyone hates Sadie and me; and a big snake is about to swallow the sun and destroy the world.”
    Carter Kane
  • “As soon as we started our quest, a magical ice cream salesman named Vlad the Inhaler was going to try to assassinate us.”
    Carter Kane
  • “Sorry I didn't answer sooner," said the farmer. "I am Ptah. And no, Sadie Kane, I am not the god of spit.”
    Ptah The God Of Crafts
  • “Welcome children," he called across the water "Come. Join me for the end of the world.”
    Vlad Menshikov
  • “Est-il alle?" he asked, which my grammar school French led me to believe meant either "Is he gone?" or possibly "Have you repaired the island?" Fine...it was probably the first one.”
    Sadie Kane, Michel Desjardins
  • “Shhh," I told them, trying to stay composed, as if I met hot guys in graveyards every day.”
    Sadie Kane
  • “I'm a dwarf. I don't duck!”
    Bes
  • “Lovely day. Penguin in the fireplace, if anyone's interested.”
    Sadie Kane
  • “We were the kanes which ment everything could go wrong.”
    Sadie Kane
  • “Horus had shared space in my head. I still had some of his antisocial habits like the urge to hunt small furry rodents or challenge people to the death.”
    Carter Kane
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Organizations edit see section history

First Sentence edit see section history

Carter here. Look, we don't have time for long introductions.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Fun with Spontaneous Combustion.
2. We Tame a Seven-Thousand-Pound Hummingbird.
3. The Ice Cream Man Plots Our Death.
4. A Birthday Invitation to Armegeddon.
5. I Learn to Really Hate Dung Beetles.
6. A Birdbath Almost Kills Me.
7. A Gift from the Dog-headed Boy.
8. Major Delays at Waterloo Station (We Apologize for the Giant Baboon).
9. We Get A Vertically Challenged Tour of Russia.
10. An Old Red Friend Comes to Visit.
11. Carter Does Something Incredibly Stupid (and No One Is Surprised).
12. I Master the Fine Art of Name Calling.
13. I Get a Demon Up My Nose.
14. At The Tomb of Zia Rashid.
15. Camels Are Evil...
16. ...But Not as Evil as Romans.
17. Menshikov Hires a Happy Death Squad.
18. Gambling on Doomsday Eve.
19. The Revenge of Bullwinkle the Moose God.
20. We Visit the House of the Helpful Hippo.
21. We Buy Some Time.
22. Friends in the Strangest Places.
23. We Throw a Wild House Party.
24. I Make an Impossible Promise.

Glossary edit see section history

  • Aaru: the Egyptian afterlife, paradise
  • Aten: the sun ( the physical object, not the god)
  • Ba: soul
  • Barque: the Pharoh's boat
  • Bau: an evil spirit
  • Duat: magical realm
  • Hieroglyphics: the writing system of Ancient Egypt, which used symbols or pictures to denote objects, concepts, or sounds
  • Khopesh: a sword with a hook-shaped blade (is Carter's)
  • Ma'at: order of the universe
  • Menhed: the scribe's palette
  • Netjeri blade: a knife made from meteoric iron for the opening of the mouth in a ceremony
  • Pharaoh: a ruler in Egypt
  • Ren: name, identity
  • Sarcophagus: a stone coffin, often decorated with sculpture and inscriptions
  • Sau: a charm maker
  • Scarab: beetle
  • Shabti: a magical figurine made out of clay
  • Shen: eternal
  • Souk: open air market
  • Stele: limestone grave maker
  • Tjesu heru: a snake with two heads--one on its tail--and dragon legs
  • Tyet: the symbol of Isis
  • Was: power
  • A'max: burn
  • Ha-di: destroy
  • Ha-tep: be at peace
  • Heh-sieh: turn back
  • Heqat: summons a staff
  • Hi-nehm: join
  • L'mun: hide
  • N'dah: protect
  • Sa-per: miss
  • W'peh: open
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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Egyptian Mythology: Cover the mythology of egyptian gods- Ra's journey through the heavens and the underworld, bringing light/sun to the world every morning. Different gods and goddesses are introduced and explained- example: Heketh, Thoth, Anubis, etc

Errata edit see section history

On page 110, Anubis was talking and it said, "But if want the scroll, you've got no choice.", when it should have said, "But if you want the scroll, you've got no choice."

On page 145, it said, "Close to top was stone staircase maybe thirty feet wide, built into the hillside.", when it should have said, "Close to the top was a stone staircase maybe thirty feet wide, built into the hillside."

On page 545, Sadie, Narrating, calls Vlad the Inhaler an "Ice Cream Vendor", even though in England he would be called an "Ice Cream Man"

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 5 in The Kane Chronicles. (standard series)

Preceded by The Red Pyramid, and followed by The Serpent's Shadow.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Rick Riordan (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 3, 2011
ISBN: 978-1423140566
Page Count: 464

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.R4829 Th 2011
  • Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

It's a very interesting book that is funny and teaches the readers a little about the Egyptians. A book teens and parents will enjoy reading themselves. Rick Riordan is a fantastic author and his books are written in such a way that they are enjoyable for adults as well.

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