Carter and Sadie Kane have, in the loosest sense, an irregular life. Well, it’s chaotic. Literally. Both of their parents are descended from Egyptian magicians, their mother’s dead, and their father is the host of Osiris, the god of the dead. Apart from that, they have to run the whole 21st Nome by themselves, and their Uncle, the Chief Lector, has to deal with most of the Nomes turning against him with the belief that he is conspiring with the god that is the least of their problems, Set, god of evil. Carter, a fifteen-year-old boy who recently hosted the war god, Horus, is, like his sister, still affected by the time sharing a mind, and is focusing all his attention on training his initiates, keeping them from dying, and looking for the Chaos snake, Apophis. His sister, Sadie, who hosted the magic goddess, Isis, is concerned with one of her initiates and her crush, Walt Stone, practically living at death’s door, her other crush, Anubis, god of death, being kept from her, and her personal scolder, Isis, nagging her about joining together again to defeat Apophis. The count is on for the fall equinox, and Carter and Sadie are running out of time to find a way to defeat Apophis.
I strongly recommend this book to any teen looking for an exciting, unpredictable, and slightly violent book. Even though the first two books in the series should be read first, it is sufficient by itself. It is a perfect book.
Reviewed by: Creative Cricket
