The red pyramid

by Rick Riordan

eBook, 360 pages

English language

Published April 27, 2010 by Disney Hyperion Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-4231-4249-2

(37 reviews)

Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.

One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.

Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them —Set— has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe - a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.

4 editions

Shychipmunk reviewed The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (The Kane Chronicles)

Review of 'The Red Pyramid' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

This was an action-packed story. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time trying to anticipate all the twists and turns. And once again, the way Rick Riordan integrates ancient gods/lore into the modern world is masterful.

Gossamerchild reviewed The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (The Kane Chronicles)

Review of 'The Red Pyramid' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

More like a 3.5, simply because I didn't feel as much of a connection to the characters as I did in Percy Jackson. Carter and Sadie are siblings stuck on different continents due to (or so they think) a bad custody battle between their father and maternal grandparents. After their father mysteriously blows up the Rosetta Stone and is seemingly buried in a magical tomb, the two must learn to work together and harness their new-found powers in order to save their world from total chaos. In this series, we're introduced to the Egyptian gods and goddesses, which is pretty fascinating. He also divides the narrative voice between Sadie and Carter, each getting a chance to tell the story from his/her perspective.

astroMD reviewed The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (The Kane Chronicles)

Review of 'The Red Pyramid' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I enjoyed the first installment in the series. Although a little too similar to the Percy Jackson series, in both content and form, I enjoyed reading the story from two perspectives. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series, but I do hope that Riordan mixes things up a bit and gets out of the habit of revealing plot elements in dreams and journeys into the Duat.