The Throne of Fire
Chapters - Rick Riordan
Chapter 1: Fun With Spontaneous Combustion
Carter Kane narrates as he and Sadie Kane lead a break-in at the Brooklyn Museum to steal an Egyptian artefact before it ships off on tour. Accompanied by their trainees Jaz and Walt, and the baboon Khufu, they discover a wedding party occupying the ballroom that was supposed to serve as their exit route through the glass dome above.
The team enters through a side window, navigating past booby-trapped doors and cursed displays. They find the statue of Khnum, a ram-headed aspect of the sun god Ra, which Horus told Carter holds the key to finding the Book of Ra. Walt notices a scarab amulet on the smaller figure, and Sadie taps it with her wand, revealing a hidden papyrus scroll.
When Sadie pulls the scroll free, it bursts into ghostly white flames that stick to her hand. The fire triggers protective wards throughout the room, and a stone griffin carving comes to life, breaking free from its frieze. The chapter ends with Carter realising Sadie has accidentally found a very dangerous diversion.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Khufu, Walt Stone, Jaz, Freak·Mentioned: Zia Rashid, Horus, Ra, Sekhmet, Khnum
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Chapter 2: We Tame a Seven-Thousand-Pound Humming Bird
Sadie narrates as the griffin rampages through the museum. Carter discovers he can partially control the beast because griffins are sacred animals of Horus. Walt is knocked down by a magical curse from the windows, and Jaz uses a healing spell to save him but collapses from the strain.
Seven fiery spirits called the Arrows of Sekhmet - plague demons born from the lion goddess - emerge from the protective wards. They pass through wedding guests, causing them to collapse with glowing white eyes. One spirit speaks directly to Carter, warning him to abandon his quest and taunting him about Zia Rashid, who it claims sleeps at the Place of Red Sands.
Jaz bravely steps forward and channels the power of Sekhmet to draw all six remaining spirits into a vortex, banishing them to the Duat. The effort leaves her in a coma. Carter ties a rope around the griffin's neck and hitches it to Walt's magic boat. Sadie releases the griffin from its bindings, and the beast carries them all through the open dome and into the night sky, with ghostly white fires blazing across Brooklyn's rooftops.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Walt Stone, Jaz, Freak·Mentioned: Zia Rashid, Sekhmet
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Chapter 3: The Ice-cream Man Plots Our Death
Sadie takes over the narration as they arrive at Brooklyn House. The cat goddess Bast frees the flaming scroll from Sadie's hand and explains it is part of the Book of Ra - one of three sections that, when combined, could be used to awaken the retired sun god. Sadie retreats to her room, brooding about her complicated feelings for the god Anubis and her confused attraction to their trainee Walt.
Falling asleep, Sadie's ba spirit travels to the Hall of Ages beneath Cairo, headquarters of the House of Life. She witnesses a secret conversation between Chief Lector Michel Desjardins and Vladimir Menshikov, a terrifying Russian magician with horribly scarred eyes. Menshikov, revealed as the third most powerful magician in the world, pushes Desjardins to destroy Brooklyn House and the Kanes, claiming they are servants of Chaos. Desjardins hesitates but gives Menshikov permission to guard one of the remaining scrolls.
Sadie wakes to find Uncle Amos has returned from Egypt, looking healthy again after his ordeal with Set. She tells him about her vision and realises the House of Life is planning to destroy them.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Amos Kane, Bast, Michel Desjardins, Vladimir Menshikov·Mentioned: Set, Ra, Apophis, Anubis, Walt Stone
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Chapter 4: A Birthday Invitation To Armageddon
Sadie describes her vision to the assembled trainees of Brooklyn House over breakfast. Amos, Bast, and Carter explain the plan to awaken Ra before the spring equinox in four days, when Apophis will break free from his prison and attempt to swallow the sun and destroy the world.
The Book of Ra was divided into three parts representing Ra's three aspects - morning, noon, and night. They have the first scroll but need two more. Bast reveals she must leave to check on Apophis's prison, promising to send a friend to protect the siblings. Amos agrees to stay and defend Brooklyn House while the Kanes quest for the remaining scrolls.
Sadie stubbornly insists on taking her birthday trip to London, refusing to leave immediately. Carter is furious, but Amos supports her decision, understanding her need for a break. Before Sadie departs through a portal at Cleopatra's Needle, Carter grudgingly tells her to be careful and mentions he has a birthday gift waiting. Sadie visits Jaz in the infirmary, finding her still in a coma, and feels guilty about wanting one normal day while the world crumbles around them.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Amos Kane, Bast, Walt Stone, Jaz, Felix, Julian, Alyssa, Cleo·Mentioned: Ra, Apophis
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Chapter 5: I Learn To Really Hate Dung Beetles
Carter reveals the vision he had been hiding: Horus transported his consciousness to the god's body on Ra's ancient sun boat in the Duat. The boat was decrepit and abandoned. Horus showed him the prison of Apophis - a beach of millions of dead scarab shells beneath which the Serpent writhes, its massive red eye glaring through the thinning barrier. Carter thrust Horus's spear into the eye, driving Apophis back, but the bonds will break on the equinox.
Horus questioned whether Carter truly wants to awaken Ra, suggesting that he himself should lead the gods into battle instead. Carter recognises this as partly selfishness on Horus's part, but also sees the merit in the argument - Ra's sun boat is in terrible shape. Still, Carter concludes that Ra is the only being Apophis truly fears.
Back at Brooklyn House, Carter teaches a combat class where trainees Julian, Alyssa, Felix, and Walt fight magical shabti warriors. Walt displays a mysterious new ability, turning a shabti to dust with his bare hands. Then a three-headed winged serpent emerges from scarab shells inside a crumbling statue of Ra, speaking in the voice of Apophis. It demands the scroll and threatens to destroy the girl Carter seeks. The trainees destroy the creature, but Carter recognises the voice as the same one from the museum.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Horus, Walt Stone, Felix, Julian, Alyssa·Mentioned: Ra, Apophis
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Chapter 6: A Birdbath Almost Kills Me
Carter consults Amos in the library about the three-headed snake. Amos believes it was a messenger from Apophis - too weak after breaching the mansion's defences to cause real harm, but sent to warn and frighten them. He promises to upgrade the house's security charms. Amos gives Carter an encouraging speech, comparing the siblings' accomplishments to anything the greatest magicians have achieved.
Carter retreats to his balcony and uses his scrying bowl - a bronze saucer Walt made for him - to search for Zia Rashid. He views her secret room in the First Nome, studying photographs of her destroyed village. The serpent's warning haunts him: it claimed to have destroyed Zia's village and threatened to kill her.
Walt visits and they discuss his mysterious new ability to turn things to dust. Walt seems troubled by a personal secret he has confided only to Jaz. Their conversation is interrupted when Khufu alerts them to a problem in the scrying bowl: Sadie's grandparents' flat in London has been ransacked, its door smashed. When Carter tries to locate Sadie, the bowl erupts in flames. He and Walt race to get to London.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Amos Kane, Khufu, Walt Stone·Mentioned: Zia Rashid, Apophis, Jaz
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Chapter 7: A Gift From The Dog Headed Boy
Sadie resumes narrating from her arrival at her grandparents' flat in London. Inside, she finds the house dark and empty - then a hissing voice greets her from the stairwell. The vulture goddess Nekhbet has possessed her grandmother, appearing as a hideous hag in a dress of black feathers. Nekhbet declares Sadie unworthy to awaken Ra and vows to feed on her.
Upstairs, the baboon god Babi has taken over Sadie's grandfather, transforming him into a massive silver-furred beast that smashes through the front door. Sadie flees into the street and collides with her friends Liz and Emma, who have come for her birthday. With gods in pursuit, Sadie drags her bewildered friends through the neighbourhood.
They duck into a churchyard where Anubis appears in his teenage mortal form. He tells Sadie the second scroll is in Menshikov's desk at the Hermitage in St Petersburg and gives her a netjeri blade - a ceremonial knife made from meteoric iron used for the opening-of-the-mouth ceremony. He warns her to take the Underground and fight on a bridge over the Thames. Then he kisses her on the lips and dissolves into mist, leaving Sadie simultaneously furious and giddy as she races for the tube station.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Anubis, Mrs. Faust, Mr. Faust, Walt Stone, Nekhbet, Babi, Liz, Emma·Mentioned: Vladimir Menshikov
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Chapter 8: Major Delays At Waterloo Station (We Apologise For The Giant Baboon)
Sadie tells Liz and Emma the truth about Egyptian magic as they flee through the Underground, with Babi pursuing them through the tunnels. At Waterloo Station, the baboon god erupts through the floor while Nekhbet circles above, shrieking orders. Sadie drinks an experimental animation potion and casts a massive spell that brings every object in the station to life - briefcases, water bottles, newspapers, and Body Shop products all attack the baboon troop and the two gods.
They escape to find a chauffeur named Bes holding a sign that reads KANE. He is the Egyptian dwarf god - short, ugly, and enormously powerful. He drives them in a messy black Mercedes to Waterloo Bridge, where Sadie draws a protective circle while Babi and Nekhbet close in. Just as Sadie prepares to sacrifice herself to save her friends, Bes emerges from the car wearing nothing but a blue Speedo and unleashes his signature power: he makes his face impossibly ugly and yells 'BOO!' The blast of pure ugliness strips the goddess from Gran's body and knocks Babi out of Gramps.
Sadie's grandparents recover. She says a bittersweet farewell to Liz and Emma, realising they belong to a normal world she can no longer share. Carter and Walt arrive at the barricades, having rushed from Brooklyn to save her, only to find she has already handled things herself.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Mrs. Faust, Mr. Faust, Walt Stone, Bes, Nekhbet, Babi, Liz, Emma·Mentioned: Sekhmet
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Chapter 9: We Get A Vertically Challenged Tour of Russia
Carter narrates as they all pile into Bes's Mercedes. He and Sadie exchange stories, and Bes explains that London's Ninth Nome magicians will be hunting them. He drives them to Crystal Palace Park, where Victorian-era sphinxes can open a portal despite not being authentically Egyptian.
Bes insists that Walt must stay behind. When pressed, neither Bes nor Walt will explain why, though something deeply personal is troubling Walt. Before leaving, Walt gives Sadie a gold necklace with a shen pendant - the Egyptian symbol of eternity - as a birthday gift, shyly telling her that important things should be eternal. Sadie is moved but confused by her tangled feelings for both Walt and Anubis.
Bes shares a painful memory from St Petersburg: centuries ago, Prince Menshikov forced dwarves, including Bes, to perform in a humiliating mock wedding for the tsar's amusement. His hatred of Russian magicians runs deep. At the bridge to the Hermitage, Bes must leave Carter and Sadie on their own - gods cannot cross the magically protected perimeter. He arranges to meet them at a chocolate shop on the Nevsky Prospekt and warns them above all: do not get captured alive.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Walt Stone, Bes·Mentioned: Anubis, Vladimir Menshikov
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Chapter 10: An Old Red Friend Comes To Visit
Sadie narrates as she and Carter slip through the Duat into the Hermitage museum. Carter casts a shaky invisibility spell while Sadie discovers a false door on a limestone grave marker that opens a portal into Menshikov's inner sanctum - a magnificent malachite ballroom in the Winter Palace.
They find Vladimir Menshikov performing an execration ritual, destroying his own demon servant to power a summoning spell. To their horror, the voice that emerges from a large green vase is Set, the god of evil. Menshikov demands Set reveal the binding spell for Apophis and the weaknesses of Brooklyn House's defences. His true plan becomes clear: he intends to free Apophis and destroy Amos Kane.
Sadie uses a wax dog to check Menshikov's desk for traps, and they steal the second scroll from his drawer. But as they retreat, Set gleefully exposes their hiding spot. Carter's invisibility spell collapses in a shower of sparks. Menshikov turns his staff into a two-headed serpent monster called a tjesu heru. In desperation, Sadie shatters Set's malachite prison with a destruction spell. Set explodes free in a sandstorm, buries Menshikov, and cheerfully refuses to kill the snake monster, suggesting the Kanes deal with it themselves.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Set, Vladimir Menshikov·Mentioned: Amos Kane, Apophis
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Chapter 11: Carter Does Something Incredibly Stupid (and No One Is Surprised)
Sadie narrates as she and Carter flee through the Winter Palace with the tjesu heru in pursuit. They burst outside into Palace Square, but the U-shaped monster leaps over them and pins Carter between its two heads.
Sadie tries to distract the creature while a young Russian guard reveals himself as a magician from the Eighteenth Nome. Before they can coordinate, Carter does something characteristically reckless - he tackles the monster and tries to climb its back. The tjesu heru sinks its venomous fangs into Carter's left shoulder, and he drops to the ground.
Raged by seeing her brother hurt, Sadie channels the power of Isis without conscious thought and unleashes a devastating beam of golden light that annihilates the creature. She confronts the stunned Russian guard, telling him Menshikov is a traitor working for Apophis, then carries Carter away. Set appears and helps her drag Carter through the snowy streets, chatting cheerfully about the incurable poison and Menshikov's resilience.
They find Bes on a bridge, eating chocolate. Sadie negotiates a desperate deal with Set: she gives back his secret name in exchange for the location of the third scroll at a place called Bahariya, plus a truce with the Kane family until Ra is awakened. Set also volunteers that Zia's village was called al-Hamrah Makan. They escape St Petersburg through a portal at the Egyptian Bridge, but a javelin strikes their car and they crash into the Mediterranean.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Isis, Set, Bes, Vladimir Menshikov·Mentioned: Zia Rashid, Apophis
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Chapter 12: I Master The Fine Art of Name Calling
Sadie's ba spirit separates from her unconscious body after the crash. She floats to Brooklyn House where she finds Anubis and Walt sitting together outside the infirmary, Walt clutching a shen amulet identical to hers and looking grief-stricken. Inside, Jaz's spirit - appearing as her ren, the part of the soul that embodies identity and name - speaks to Sadie and tells her she will need to learn Carter's secret name to heal him.
Jaz then sends Sadie into a vision of ancient Egypt, where she witnesses the pivotal moment when Isis tricked Ra into revealing his secret name. Ra had been bitten by a serpent Isis herself created, and only she could cure the poison. When Ra placed his hand on Isis's brow, millennia of memories and experiences burned through her. Armed with his name, Isis healed Ra's wound, and the sun god departed into retirement, leaving his throne of fire and his sun boat abandoned.
Sadie wakes in the penthouse suite of the Four Seasons Alexandria. Bes rescued them from the Mediterranean. Carter has been poisoned for nearly twelve hours - the maximum survival time. Using the wax figurine Jaz gave her, Sadie reaches into Carter's mind, discovers his deepest secrets and most private fears, and speaks his secret name. The poison retreats, the wax figure melts green, and Carter opens his eyes. They rest in Alexandria, and Sadie realizes she has discovered the key to the path of the gods: sympathetic magic between a magician's experiences and a god's nature.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Anubis, Walt Stone, Jaz, Bes·Mentioned: Isis, Ra, Apophis
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Chapter 13: I Get a Demon Up My Nose
Carter narrates as he and Bes travel south through Egypt in a Bedouin pick-up truck, searching for al-Hamrah Makan - Zia Rashid's destroyed village. Sadie has split off with Walt to find the third scroll at the Bahariya oasis. Carter reflects on the humiliation of having his secret name exposed and processes his new understanding of the path of the gods - that channelling divine power requires finding shared experiences with a god.
An old peasant farmer directs them to the ruins ten kilometres south, where the sand turns bright red. At the riverbank, Carter attempts to part the Nile to reach the submerged ruins, channelling Horus's memory of Set trying to drown him. Water demons attack, pulling Bes underwater and filling Carter's lungs. In a burst of rage, Carter explodes the river outward, exposing the village ruins and a tomb entrance marked with the House of Life symbol and the hieroglyphs spelling Zia's name.
Bes warns it is obviously a trap set by Apophis, but Carter pushes open the stone door and descends into the chamber below.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Bes·Mentioned: Zia Rashid, Horus, Apophis, Walt Stone
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Chapter 14: At the Tomb of Zia Rashid
Carter finds Zia Rashid suspended in a sarcophagus made of living water, holding the pharaoh's crook and flail - the original royal instruments of Ra. Bes is stunned that Iskandar buried these impossibly powerful artefacts with her. The water coffin bears the symbol of Nephthys, the river goddess who had been trapped inside Zia along with her.
Carter dissolves the water sarcophagus and carries Zia to the river. The spirit of Nephthys rises from the Nile, apologising for using Zia as a host and urging Carter to guard her well, saying she has an important destiny. Zia regains consciousness but is confused, frightened, and hostile. She remembers Carter only vaguely from London and rejects the shared memories of her shabti replica.
Zia demands to return to the First Nome and accuses Carter of being an outlaw. She attacks Bes with fire magic, and when Carter instinctively blocks her blast with the crook and flail, her staff shatters. Before they can resolve anything, Desjardins and Menshikov appear. Menshikov frames Carter as a thief and traitor, claiming he stole the crook and flail. Despite Carter's protests that Menshikov is the true traitor working for Apophis, Zia sides with the House of Life. The chapter ends with Carter captured, Bes locked in a glowing cage, and Zia turning away.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Zia Rashid, Nephthys, Michel Desjardins, Bes, Vladimir Menshikov·Mentioned: Ra, Apophis, Iskandar
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Chapter 15: Camels Are Evil...
Sadie narrates her journey with Walt to the Bahariya oasis, enduring a series of increasingly awful transportation: a sweltering bus, a treacherous driver who turns out to be working with bandits (whom Sadie's lion-staff dispatches), and finally Walt's magic camel amulets, which produce beasts every bit as foul-smelling as the real thing.
They arrive at the oasis and Sadie senses the third scroll's location using the two scrolls she already possesses, which tug like magnets toward their missing piece. The pull leads to an area near a water tower on a date farm. Sadie blasts open the ground with a destruction spell, accidentally collapsing the roof of an underground chamber and toppling the water tower.
At the bottom of the crater, they discover rows of golden mummies - part of the vast unexplored tomb network beneath Bahariya. Walt is horrified that Sadie has just demolished a priceless archaeological site, but she insists they press on before the farm's owner arrives.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Walt Stone
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Chapter 16: ...But Not as Evil as Romans
Sadie and Walt descend into the catacombs beneath Bahariya, passing through rooms filled with hundreds of gold-painted mummies from Roman times. Among them they find a family buried together - a bearded man, a beautiful woman, and a small child clutching a wooden horse - and Sadie is moved by the tenderness of the scene.
Deeper in the tunnels, the mummies begin to stir and rise, their enchanted wrappings giving them an eerie semblance of life. Sadie and Walt fight through waves of animated mummies as the two scroll fragments pull them inexorably toward the third. They find it in a deep burial chamber, protected by curses and a massive stone door carved with warnings.
Walt uses his charm-making abilities to neutralise the traps while Sadie retrieves the final section of the Book of Ra. On their way out, they encounter the god Ptah, creator deity, who has briefly inhabited the body of a local farmer. Ptah speaks cryptically about courage, hope, and sacrifice, and tells Sadie she is beginning to understand the power of names and words. He hints to Walt that there is an answer for his mysterious condition, but not one he will like. Before the farmer regains control and raises his gun, Sadie and Walt leap through a portal.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Walt Stone, Ptah·Mentioned: Akhenaton
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Chapter 17: Menshikov Hires a Happy Death Squad
Carter narrates as he faces Desjardins and Menshikov at the ruins of Zia's village. Bes is caged, and Menshikov pushes for Carter's immediate execution. Carter desperately tries to convince Desjardins that Menshikov is the real traitor working for Apophis, but the Chief Lector is conflicted.
Sadie and Walt arrive through a portal just in time, creating enough chaos for Carter to break free. In the confusion, Bes manages to partially escape his cage, and Sadie uses the crook and flail to release him fully. They flee aboard Freak the griffin with the three scrolls and Zia in tow, leaving Menshikov furious.
Carter's ba later travels to the Hall of Ages, where he observes Menshikov rallying his personal army of loyal magicians, including demons he has bound to his service. In a chilling scene, Menshikov reveals his true plan - not just to free Apophis, but to host the serpent himself and become the vessel of Chaos. Desjardins, left alone on the dais, requests the Book of Overcoming Apophis and mutters that he will not simply stay and rest as Menshikov instructed.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Zia Rashid, Michel Desjardins, Walt Stone, Bes, Vladimir Menshikov, Freak·Mentioned: Apophis
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Chapter 18: Gambling on Doomsday Eve
Sadie narrates as she wakes in a shabby Cairo hotel room to find Carter, Bes, Walt, and Zia playing a board game like old friends. They have roughly twelve hours until the equinox. Sadie convinces Zia that Menshikov is the true enemy and that Apophis is about to break free.
The group travels to the Great Pyramid of Giza, which serves as an entry point into the Duat. They plan to ride Ra's ancient sun boat through the underworld and use the three scrolls to awaken the sun god during the twelve hours of night. Carter must say goodbye to Zia, who cannot accompany them into the Duat. In a quietly heartbreaking scene, Zia gives Carter her staff and tells him she does remember some of the shabti's feelings, but needs time.
Atop the pyramid, Carter and Sadie combine the three parts of the Book of Ra and recite the spell to summon the sun boat. At the docks of the Lake of Fire in the Duat, they confront Nekhbet and Babi, the vulture and baboon gods who opposed them earlier. Using the crook and flail, Carter commands their allegiance, and the gods reluctantly swear loyalty. The siblings board the decrepit sun boat - a broken-down barge that mirrors Ra's own decay.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Zia Rashid, Walt Stone, Bes, Nekhbet, Babi·Mentioned: Horus, Ra, Apophis
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Chapter 19: The Revenge of Bullwinkle the Moose God
Sadie notes that she and Carter have been transformed into Ancient Egyptian clothing upon entering the Duat. They sail through the first three Houses of the Night, fending off demons and navigating hazards. The sun boat barely holds together, its ancient oars cracking and hull groaning.
Using the Book of Ra, Carter identifies three key stops where they must perform rituals at each aspect of Ra - Khepri the scarab (morning), Ra himself (noon), and Khnum the ram (evening). At the first stop they find a glowing scarab in a cavern and speak the first incantation, which partially energises the boat.
Bes catches up to them at the Fourth House, now renamed Sunny Acres Assisted-Living Community. He is accompanied by good news - Walt and Zia are safe - but also a grim discovery: Menshikov has been following them through the Duat, leaving a trail of destruction. The sun dial at the nurses' station shows they have already missed the deadline for passing the Eighth House gate. Menshikov has deliberately delayed them, knowing the closed gates will strand them. Despite having just found their protector god Bes, they realise they have already lost the race.
POV: Carter Kane·On page: Sadie Kane, Bes, Khepri·Mentioned: Ra, Walt Stone, Vladimir Menshikov, Khnum
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Chapter 20: We Visit the House of the Helpful Hippo
Sadie and Carter explore Sunny Acres, the Fourth House of the Night, which has been turned into a nursing home for elderly gods. The hippo goddess Tawaret serves as head nurse, caring for withered deities who have faded from memory. Tawaret is sympathetic but warns them the gates ahead are closed.
The siblings find Ra himself among the patients - a senile, shrivelled old man in a hospital gown who speaks only in nonsensical phrases like 'Weasels are sick' and 'Zebra, zebra, zebra.' He wears a name bracelet reading 'Sunny' and appears to recognise no one. Sadie uses Anubis's netjeri blade to perform the opening-of-the-mouth ceremony on Ra, which Egyptian priests used to restore the senses of the dead. The ritual works partially - Ra's eyes focus briefly and he says Carter's name - but the god remains largely incoherent.
Bes convinces Tawaret to let them take Ra. The hippo goddess, who harbours a crush on the dwarf god, agrees to open the sealed gates for them. Bes promises to visit her after their quest. They rush Ra aboard the sun boat, but discover Menshikov's broken sunglasses left deliberately on the dock. He has already passed through, taunting them, and the sundial shows the Eighth House gates have closed. Menshikov has stranded them without needing to fight.
POV: Sadie Kane·On page: Carter Kane, Ra, Bes, Tawaret·Mentioned: Anubis, Vladimir Menshikov
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