The Serpent's Shadow (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Carter Kane: Brother to Sadie Kane, Son of Julius Kane and Ruby Kane, he is the host of Horus. Now 15, he is the head of the Twenty-first Nome, located in Brooklyn, NY. He is a magician, in the Tradition. He has a romantic interest in Zia. He is often described as 'dorky' by his sister Sadie and is the more bookish of the two siblings.
• Sadie Kane: Now 13, Sadie is Carter's younger sister and confidant. She has just as many problems to deal with as her brother, managing to keep her cool through it all. She is also a magician. Is involved in a frustrating love triangle between Anubis and Walt.
• Amos Kane: Chief Lector and head of the First Nome, located in Cairo, Egypt. Amos is Carter and Sadie's uncle. Amos is the host of the god Set.
• Zia Rashid: A magician of the First Nome we first met in The Red Pyramid. This is the real Zia, not a shabti. Zia is also Carter's crush. she hosts Ra, the sun god.
• Walt Stone: A magician of the Twenty-First Nome and good friends with Carter and Sadie. Walt carries the curse of Tutankhamen, which has killed members of his family before the age of 19. Sadie has a crush on Walt. he eventually hosts Anubis.
• Bast: Ancient Egyptian cat goddess, protector of Sadie and Carter Kane.
• Anubis: God of funerals and death. Sadie's crush, who to most people would spear to be a jackel headed god, but to Sadie, he looks like any other teen. is eventually hosted by Walt.
• Bes: Egyptian God of dwarfs. He helps and protects Carter and Sadie.
• Osiris: God of the Underworld, husband of Isis and father of Horus. Carter's and Sadie's dad died bringing Osiris back and now hosts Osiris.
• Horus: He is obnoxious, violent, blind to sarcasm, a copycat, impatient, power hungry, relentless and direct. All in all, just your typical war god. hosted by carter
• Setne: A cleaver magician who helps Carter and Zia find Apophis' shadow. He is very persuasive and always finds a way to get out of things. He has been dead since old Egyptian times and has avoided being trial in the hall of the dead. he escapes and makes bloodstained blade attack carter.
• Isis: The goddess of magic and is the mother of the god of war. Isis uses Sadie as a host.
• Alyssa: A magician at the Brooklyn House. Follows the path of Geb and specializes in earth magic.
• Felix: One of the youngest magicians at the Brooklyn House; loves penguins and creates them often.
• Kwai: The second in command of a rebel magician army.
• JD Grissom: Magician from Texas.
• Khufu: Amos' pet baboon. Eats anything ending in -O and likes basketball.
• Freak: Carter's griffin.
• Jaz: Magician at the Brooklyn House and their best healer.
• Lacy: Sadie's friend from school.
• Tawaret: Goddess of hippos and pregnancy. Nurse at the House of Rest.
• Bloodstained Blade: A demon that has a bloody axe for a head that works for the Kane family as Bast told them he cannot be trusted by anyone, just like Set. He betrays carter in the book.
• Ra: He is the sun god that Carter and Sadie saved when they went to the Underworld, many of the gods don't like Ra. hosted by Zia
• Set: God of Chaos and Evil. Possessing Amos. later Amos actually controls him.
• Ruby Kane: Sadie and Carter's mother. Dead. Is a ghost.
• Thoth: God of wisdom. Lives in Memphis with his baboons. Trapped in his pyramid.
• Neith: Goddess of hunting and weaving.
• Drew Tanaka: Snotty girl from Sadie's school.
• Julius Kane/Osiris: Father of Carter and Sadie. God of Death.
• Leonid: A magician brought to Sadie to warn her about the rebel magicians. is Russian.

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• “I nearly discovered the hieroglyphs for 'accident in my pants'.”

  Carter Kane

• “I'd often used this spell to separate quarreling initiates or to protect the snack cupboard from late-night nom-nom raids but I'd never tried it for something so important”

  Sadie Kane

• “I lay this hunter’s curse upon you: someday you will be tricked by your prey as I have been tricked today. May you be set upon by a pack of wild Jelly Babies!”

  Neith

• “My kittens are alive!”

  Bast

• “Yeah, you know," he was telling them, "Apophis saw me coming with my big combat avatar, and he pretty much knew it was over.”

  Julian

• “We've even got reports of unexplainable magic as close as Long Island. Probably have to check that out.”

  Sadie

• “War Gods do not poop on blankets.”

  Horus

• “Hit enemies with sword until they're dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary.”

  Horus

• “Dung balls. Time to roll the dung balls.”

  Zia

• “Zia yelled "Hippo"”

  Carter

• “Befreinding psychopaths is one of our specialties.”

  Sadie

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Twenty-First Nome: The home of magicians located in Brooklyn, New York. This is where Carter, Sadie, and their friends live.
• First Nome: Original home to Egyptian magicians, located in Cairo, and current home to the Chief Lector.
• Duat: The magical realm of the magic things.
• Thoth's black pyramid: Thoth's new headquarters

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• House of life: Orginization of magicians

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• Drowah: Boundary
• Fah: release
• ha-di: destroy
• Hapi,u-ha ey pwah: Hapi, arise and attack
• ha-tep: be at peace
• ha-wi: strike
• hi-nehm: join together
• isfet: chaos
• Ma'at: order
• maw: water
• med-wah: speak
• N'dah: protect
• sa-hei: bring down
• se-kebeb: make cold
• Tas: bind
• Ankh: a hieroglyphic symbol for life
• ba: one of the five parts of the soul: the personality
• barque: the pharaoh's boat
• canopic jar: vessel used to store mummy's organs
• criosphinx: a creature with the body of a lion and the head of a ram
• Duat: the magical realm that coexists with our world
• Hieroglyphics: the writing system of ancient Egypt, which used symbols or pictures to denote objects, concepts, or sounds
• Ib: one of the five parts of the soul: the heart
• Isfet: the symbol for total Chaos
• Ka: one of the five parts of the soul: the life force
• Khopesh: a sword with a hook-shaped blade
• Ma'at: order of the universe
• Netjeri: blade a knife made from meteoric iron for the opening of the mouth in a ceremony
• Per Ankh: the House of Life
• Pharaoh: a ruler of Ancient Egypt
• Rekhet: healer
• Ren: one of the five parts of the soul: the secret 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; eternity
• Sheut: one of the five parts of the soul: the shadow; can also mean statue

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Throne of Fire.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Rick Riordan (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Michelle Gengaro-Kokmen (Artist) - Hieroglyph art

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Has some implicit content not sutiable for children under 10 years.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Magic & Wizards

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