The Throne of Fire
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Characters (38)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
Akhenaton The heretic pharaoh who attempted to abolish Egypt's gods; ancestor of Walt Stone, whose bloodline was cursed by the priests Akhenaton displaced. | Supporting |
Alyssa Initiate at Brooklyn House; specialises in evasion magic. | Supporting |
Amos Kane Julius Kane's brother and the guardian of the Brooklyn House nome. A powerful magician who is briefly possessed by Set. Takes on a mentor role for Carter and Sadie. | Supporting |
Anubis Egyptian god of funerals and judgement; appears to Sadie Kane as a handsome teenage boy in the Hall of Judgment. | Supporting |
Apophis The Egyptian serpent of chaos and Ra's eternal enemy; imprisoned with Bast for millennia and foreshadowed as a coming threat. | Antagonist |
Babi Egyptian baboon god; possesses Sadie Kane's grandfather during the Faust visit and is later bound to serve Carter Kane. | Antagonist |
Bast Egyptian cat goddess; bound into Sadie Kane's cat Muffin by Julius Kane; protects Carter and Sadie throughout the Red Pyramid quest. | Supporting |
Bes Egyptian dwarf god; protector of children, women and households; uses his hideous 'BOO!' face to scare off enemies. | Supporting |
Carter Kane A fourteen-year-old who discovers he is a host for the god Horus and a descendant of two pharaohs. Raised travelling the world with his father, he has no fixed home and no friends until the events of The Red Pyramid. | Protagonist |
Cleo Initiate at Brooklyn House; Carter Kane's scroll-reader and research assistant. | Supporting |
Emma Sadie Kane's longtime friend from her London school days. | Supporting |
Felix Initiate at Brooklyn House; obsessed with penguins, which he summons through portals as battle support. | Supporting |
Freak A griffin awakened from the Brooklyn Museum; becomes a quest steed for Carter Kane. | Supporting |
Horus Egyptian falcon god of kingship and war; chooses Carter Kane as his host through the Eye of Horus amulet. | Supporting |
Isis Egyptian goddess of magic, healing, and motherhood. Sadie Kane's divine host. One of the most powerful gods in the Egyptian pantheon. | Supporting |
Iskandar Two-thousand-year-old Chief Lector of the House of Life at the First Nome; presides over Carter and Sadie's trial in the Hall of Ages. | Supporting |
Jaz Initiate at Brooklyn House; trained as a healer; channels Sekhmet to banish the Arrows of Sekhmet at the Brooklyn Museum and falls into a long coma. | Supporting |
Julian Initiate at Brooklyn House; trained in combat magic. | Supporting |
Khepri The scarab-form morning aspect of Ra; greets the questers at the first stop on the sun boat journey. | Supporting |
Khnum The ram-headed evening aspect of Ra. | Supporting |
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Groups (10)
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Groups in The Kane Chronicles (series) | |
| Brooklyn House | Organisation |
| The House of Life | Organisation |
| The Houses of Life | Organisation |
| Groups in Riordanverse (universe) | |
| Camp Half-Blood | Organisation |
| Camp Jupiter | Organisation |
| Crew of the Argo II | Organisation |
| Hunters of Artemis | Organisation |
| The Olympians | Organisation |
| The Seven | Organisation |
| The Titans | Organisation |
History
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
9 May 2011 | Publication | The second Kane Chronicles novel received positive reviews, with critics praising the expansion of the Egyptian mythology and the deepening of Carter and Sadie's characters. Reviewers noted the increased confidence of the world-building relative to the debut and the effective pacing of the central quest. Debuted at number one on the New York Times children's bestseller list. Generally considered a strong second volume that built effectively on the premise of The Red Pyramid. |
Publication9 May 2011
The second Kane Chronicles novel received positive reviews, with critics praising the expansion of the Egyptian mythology and the deepening of Carter and Sadie's characters. Reviewers noted the increased confidence of the world-building relative to the debut and the effective pacing of the central quest. Debuted at number one on the New York Times children's bestseller list. Generally considered a strong second volume that built effectively on the premise of The Red Pyramid.