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The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles) [Hardcover]

Rick Riordan (Author)

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Publication Date: May 2012 | Series: Kane Chronicles (Book 3)

The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow is the final thrilling instalment in award-winning author and Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles trilogy. Is their inherited magic enough to battle against the most powerful mythical forces that Egypt's gods have to throw at them?

CARTER AND SADIE KANE, descendants of the magical House of Life, are in pretty big trouble.

Despite their bravest efforts, Apophis, the giant snake of Chaos, is still threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness. Now the Kanes must do something no magician has ever managed - defeat Apophis himself. No pressure there then.

Battling against the forces of Chaos, their only hope is an ancient spell - but the magic has been lost for a millennia. Will they find the serpent's shadow, or will they be led to their deaths in the depths of the Underworld?

Praise for The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow:

'Storytelling that will get readers hooked' - Philip Ardagh, The Guardian

'Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical.' - Times

Rick Riordan is the award-winning writer of the Percy Jackson series, The Kane Chronicles and the Heroes of Olympus series. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006, and made into a blockbuster film starring Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan and Uma Thurman in 2010. The series has gone on to become a chart-topping success.

***Check out The Kane Chronicles website at www.kanechronicles.co.uk for games, puzzles, author interviews and much more.***

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CARTER AND SADIE KANE, descendants of the magical House of Life, are in pretty big trouble.

Praise for The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow:

'Storytelling that will get readers hooked' - Philip Ardagh, The Guardian

'Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical.' - Times

***Check out The Kane Chronicles website at www.kanechronicles.co.uk for games, puzzles, author interviews and much more.***

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Hardcover: 406 pages
Publisher: Hyperion Books (May 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781423140573
ISBN-13: 978-1423140573
ASIN: 1423140575
Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 3.8 x 22.2 cm

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Storytelling that will get readers hooked (Philip Ardagh The Guardian )

Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical. (Times )

Sure to become a classic (Sunday Express ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Rick Riordan is an award-winning writer. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006, and made into a blockbuster film in 2010. The series has gone on to become a chart-topping success. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bulls with Freaking Laser Beams! 17 July 2012

By Tamsin

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The Kanes are back with this continuation of the Kane Chronicles in a spinning world of madness versus order (Chaos versus Ma-at). As their wild Egyptian magical adventures continue, Sadie and Carter find themselves in more and more precarious and strange situations. Their pursuit to defeat Apophis, the giant snake of Chaos, and stop him from swallowing the sun, takes them on treacherous adventures to find an ancient spell... from Brooklyn House to the Underworld to the Land of Demons and the Sea of Chaos.

Although this book is supposed to be a transcript, I find it hard to imagine Sadie or Carter describing things as they do in the book, so I suppose it is a mixture of transcript and regular writing. However I got over this pretty early on, as it doesn't really matter or affect the story when it comes down to it! Also I really enjoy that we see the story alternately from Sadie and Carter's perspectives. This adds a bit more variety to the book (not that it needs it!).

I have always loved Rick Riordan's characters and this is no exception - the book is bursting with them and they often have wonderful quirky, unusual personalities as well as looks! For example, Bloodstained Blade - demon captain of the Egyptian Queen with a blood-covered double-sided axe for a head, Bes - the crazy hairy dwarf God who always wears Speedos and yells `BOO!' a lot, and Setne - a dangerously sneaky ghost with a nasty streak and as fondness for dressing like the `Ancient Egyptian Mafia'.

Of course, Sadie and Carter are superb characters - I especially love Sadie's rebellious streak - and even though there was the occasional American word that I don't think Sadie would say being English, it was not enough to put me off at all.... Read more ›

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5.0 out of 5 stars So funny! 9 May 2012

By Leanne Bell

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Ok, so being an original fan of the Percy Jackson books, it took me a while to warm to the Kane chronicles, but by the end of the first book I loved Sadie and Carter and I love them even more now.

These books aren't just adventurous and a hugely entertaining lesson on Egyptian mythology but they are also laugh out loud funny.

The relationship between Carter and Sadie continues to go from strength to strength and as for Carter's relationship with Zia and Sadie's with Walt and Anubis...well I'm not saying a word. Lets just say it isn't all fun and games.

The bad guys are just as evil as in the last book though it quickly becomes clear that there is no black and white with regards to some of choices made and with whom the Kane's have to place there trust. With all the original evil doers and now with a bunch of new ones, the Kanes find themselves sorely tested.

However you read into this book and whatever you take away from it. If you've read the others in the series, if you love butt-kicking action, laugh out loud humour and dash of romance then this is a book not to be missed!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece 4 May 2012

By RHONA LEWSEY

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This by far the best book in the series. It has drama, action, adventure and best of all chaos! Just like the other books it follows the life of Sadie and Carter Kane and how they teach and learn mysterys magic to other young magicans. I would reccomend this series to ayone, I adored i'm sure you will to.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Shouldn't be possible, but Riordan's just getting better & better 17 Aug 2012

By Louisa Gray

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I just do not know where to start...so I'll go with pure, raging writer's envy! I, plus six assorted godchildren (who will butt in with their opinions in a minute, when I've got the boring grown-up raving-about-this out of the way) were left close to speechless by this third Kane instalment. It just kicked straight in with Riordan's trademark dead-pan-humour-scare-you-silly cocktail, and then it just flew. It's an extraordinary gift - ask any writer - to balance turbo-boosted action, compassion for the innocent and the hurt, with laugh-till-you-need-the-Heimlich dialogue and daftness. Millions try to write like this, but it takes someone really at the top of the game to make it look easy. You just keep on reading, knowing you're going to be swept along, breathless, and you'll never be tripped up by a dud scene. When I say this is 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' level wonderful, that's my highest praise. Buffy really is a work of genius. This book is an out-and-out joy.

And that's exactly what you feel, reading it - almost laughing at how instantly hooked in you are. Kane 3 is the-best-way-ever-to-spend-your-time fun and excitement, right to the last word.

But that's not what lifts this to Joss Whedon's Olympian heights. What makes all Riordan's books instant classics is heart. Huge, good-humoured understanding - and gentle teasing - of just how teens tick, and all they really care about most. I've had my godchildren on the phone practically yelling at me to get a move on and finish the books, so they can rave on about them for hours. Carter and Sadie - they've grown into exactly who they were meant to be, how we wanted them to be. They are one of the best realised siblings in YA/children's literature.... They fight, they sulk, they mock, they try to outdo and outsmart one another, but not for one second do you doubt that they would die for each other. Quite literally die, given the overwhelming peril in this story. And all this holds true for their friends. It's just such a great message to the age-group who are meant to get addicted to these books - loyalty, friendship, reliable back-up...and the odd elbow-pinch or shin-kick or sarky aside, because this is what younger sisters do best.

So now for the Brit-flavoured praise. Sadie, total London girl! Attitude, humour, vocabulary. The only time I thought maybe a bit of Brit-slang was misused, I was told by the kids that it was I who was wrong! (For future reference, my infants, I could have done without quite so much 'Duh!'). Seriously, Mr Riordan, you take Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee Victoria sponge with jam and Cornish cream prize - and as for how you have Sadie employ iconic British comestibles...that was the point where I choked on a Gummi Bear and wheezed for help.

And please tell us that you had as much fun writing this as we've had reading and talking about it. There was one scene in particular - when one of your most loveable characters came good in the least good of places - when I know you were surfing the hugest wave yet, and owned it! Doesn't happen often, for any writer, I suspect, but when someone hits 'the zone', it shines out brighter than the Sun Boat.

Now for the opinions that actually matter...

1) Allegra (aged 12) says the way the Walt/Anubis arc played out was perfect. It had enough muddle, and awkwardness, and required so much growing up on their part, it felt really truthful. Allegra also said the hints at the end really made her hope there will be more of the Kanes...please, please, please. She is willing to grovel. Abjectly. Whatever it takes.

2) Giacomo (aged 7) is totally in love with one turkey-junkie griffin and would be happy to take him off your hands. He also loves the cookie-crazy Sun God, Khufu and the O-foods, and how super-spooky things can be in the Duat. He - well, we all - have really enjoyed finding out about Egyptian mythology; not as familiar as the great Greek tales but just as fascinating. Also, penguins rock!

3) Lucie (aged 14) felt spoiled for choice, really, with the tangling stories of so many well-rounded characters, but most loved the outcome for one sweet, stiletto-heeled hippo. Luce has also pretty much cast the film in her head - please someone get hold of DB Woodside & Jeffrey D Sams for Amos and Julius Kane. I (old enough to know better) very much second this (as any sane female should). Most of all Luce is still haunted by the descriptions of the magic realm. And Anubis and Walt...sigh! (I fully expect to be killed for writing that last bit).

4) Letizia (aged 15) loved that it was simply a fact that Carter is mixed-race African-American, rather than made a big issue. The Kane family together make perfect sense, and the relationships between adults and children are very real, often painful, and, at times, lump-in-throat lovely. As an out-and-proud geek Lettie also enjoyed the home-schooled side of Carter, and how he grew away from it and changed, but not so much as to have left too much of himself behind.

5 & 6!) Xan (10) and Belen (11) just want to say how much they adore (and want to be adopted by) Muffin, and the BOO! guy, and please don't let this be the last we see of them.

But luckily for you all, this is the last from us. From the kids, hero-worship and gratitude, Mr Riordan. From me, a fellow writer's (so-wish-I'd-thought-of-it-first)stunned respect. Read more ›

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ronni A 30 July 2012

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Bought as part of my grandson's 9th birthday present. He has all of the Rick Riordan books, some in book form and some on his kindle. When we left him he had his nose buried in it and was oblivious to real time and space as he was so engrossed.

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Flowing plot, yet confusing at points. Recommend reading the previous books first. All in all, however, a fantastic conclusion to the Kane trilogy.

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