Rick Riordan

The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles #1) - Great Britain Puffin Books 2010

I guess it started the night our Dad blew up the British Museum... Carter and Sadie Kane's dad is brilliant Egyptologist with a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta Stone and unleashes Set, the evil god of chaos... Set imprisons Dr Kane is a golden coffin, and Carter and Sadie are forced to run for their lives. To save their dad, they must embark on a terrifying quest from Cairo and Paris to the American South-west and discover the truth about their family's connection to the House of Life: an Egyptian temple of magic that has existed for thousands of years. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt are far from dead and buried. And so, unfortunately are their gods...

9780141325507


Fantasy
Urban fantasy
Young Adult
Childrens
Fiction
Magic
Mythology

813.6