The Throne of Fire

A favorite author of mine is Rick Riordan. I loved reading The Lightning Thief series written by him. His most recent series is known as The Kane Chronicles. I just finished reading the latest book in this series, The Throne of Fire.

This book is based on Egyptian myths. The story is told from the perspective of a brother and sister, Sadie and Carter Kane, who are descendents of powerful Egyptian pharaohs. Sadie and Carter are faced with the harsh reality that in just four days the God of Chaos, Apophis, will break from his prison to swallow the sun and destroy the world. To make matters even worse, the Sun God, Ra, retired long ago into a deep sleep. In order to save the world, Sadie and Carter must find all three pieces to the Book of Ra and perform a spell in four days in order to wake him. They quickly realize that the task will be more difficult than they could imagine when they find they may not have allies in every corner. This, of course, causes Sadie and Carter to run in many problems along their journey as they travel to Russia, New York, and the Egyptian underworld, Duat. In the end, they have to outsmart gods, demons, and fate to save Ra and the rest of the world.

This book includes plentiful amounts of humor, relationships, and suspense. Also, like most Rick Riordan books, it has an unexpected ending leaving you wanting the next one to materialize in your hands. This book definitely earns a straight A.