He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos. The Kanes' only hope is an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon, but the magic has been lost for a millennia. To find the answer they need, the Kanes must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician who might be able to lead them to the serpent's shadow . . . or might lead them to their deaths in the depths of the underworld.

Nothing less than the mortal world is at stake when the Kane family fulfills its destiny in this thrilling conclusion to the Kane Chronicles.

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Amazon Exclusive: What are Sadie and Carter Kane Reading?

Sadie Kane: "Reading? You should talk to my brother the genius… Sometimes I read books about London and occasionally I try to learn new hieroglyphics, but mostly I’m too busy with trainees and trying to defeat Apophis.”

My Reading List:

• The Symbolic World of Egyptian Amulets by Philippe Germond

• Treasures of the British Museum by Marjorie Caygill

• The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• City Secrets London: The Essential Insider’s Guide by Robert Kahn and Tim Adams

• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

• Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian by R.O. Faulkner

• Egyptian Love Spells and Rituals by Claudia Dillaire

• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Carter Kane: “I read a lot. That’s why Sadie calls me Mr. Wikipedia. My dad is a pretty big history buff, so I read classics and try to learn as much as I can about Egypt and my ancestors. It’s good research when you’re trying to saving the world.”

My Reading List:

• The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations by John Haywood

• Falconry: The Essential Guide by Steve Wright

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

• The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Martin Luther King and Clayborne Carson

• The Egyptian Book of the Dead translated by Robert P. Winston and Wallace Budge

• Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

• The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne

• The LA Lakers: 50 Amazing Years in the City of Angels by the LA Times Sports Staff

• Britannia in Brief: The Scoop on All Things British by Leslie Baker and William Mullins

• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

About the Author

Rick Riordan is also the author of the New York Times #1 best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: Book One: The Lightning Thief; Book Two: The Sea of Monsters; Book Three: The Titan’s Curse; Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth; and Book Five: The Last Olympian. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons.