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The Serpent's Shadow Essay
Riordan, Rick
2013
The Serpent's Shadow
New York, New York Disney-Hyperion
464 pages
9781423142027 $9.99
Reviewed by: Smyan Kothapally
The Serpent’s Shadow is the third book in the Kane Chronicles. The author, Rick Riordan, is a popular author of the Percy Jackson series, which is about heroes saving the world, where Greek influence is still around. However, in the Kane Chronicles, Rick Riordan’s stories are about Egyptian mythology. In the Serpent’s Shadow, Carter and Sadie, the protagonists, are trying to save the world from the evil force Apophis, the god of chaos, who plans to eat the sun and destroy the world.
In modern time, Carter and Sadie are Egyptian magicians, who are faced with the task of destroying Apophis. Unfortunately,

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