Set, a god of chaos, captures Julius and destroys the museum. His magic also has the unintended side effect of summoning the gods Horus, Isis, Nephthys, and Set, as well as alerting the magicians Zia Rashid and Michel Desjardins to his actions, which are illegal in the magic community. Julius, who is secretly a magician, but posing as a simple Egyptologist, takes the siblings to the British Museum, where he tries to bring Osiris (the Egyptian god of the Underworld) back into the mortal world.
The novel opens with Carter and his father Julius Kane going to visit Carter's sister Sadie, who has lived with her maternal grandparents since the death of their mother, Ruby Kane.
The novel was first published in the United States on May 4, 2010. It is the first novel in The Kane Chronicles series. The Red Pyramid is a 2010 fantasy-adventure novel based on Egyptian mythology written by Rick Riordan. The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles #1), Rick Riordan To save their father, they must embark on a dangerous journey-a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and its links to the House of Life, a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs. Soon Carter and Sadie discover that the gods of Ancient Egypt are waking, and the worst of them-Set-has a frightening scheme. On Christmas Eve, Sadie and Carter are reunited when their father brings them to the British Museum, with a promise that he's going to "make things right." But all does not go according to plan: Carter and Sadie watch as Julius summons a mysterious figure, who quickly banishes their father and causes a fiery explosion. After six years of living apart, the siblings have almost nothing in common. But Carter has just what Sadie longs for-time with their father. Sadie has just what Carter wants-school friends and a chance at a "normal" life. But while Carter's been homeschooled, his younger sister, Sadie, has been living with their grandparents in London. Since his mother's death six years ago, Carter Kane has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the globe with his father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr.
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