When young magicians Carter and Sadie Kane learned how to follow the
path of the Ancient Egyptian gods, they knew they would have to play an
important role in restoring Ma'at--order--to the world. What they didn't
know is how chaotic the world would become. The Chaos snake Apophis is
loose and threatening to destroy the earth in three days' time. The
magicians are divided. The gods are disappearing, and those who remain
are weak. Walt, one of Carter and Sadie's most gifted initiates, is
doomed and can already feel his life force ebbing. Zia is too busy
babysitting the senile sun god, Ra, to be of much help. What are a
couple of teenagers and a handful of young trainees to do?
There is possibly one way to stop Apophis, but it is so difficult that
it might cost Carter and Sadie their lives, if it even works at all. It
involves trusting the ghost of a psychopathic magician not to betray
them, or worse, kill them. They'd have to be crazy to try it. Well, call
them crazy.
With hilarious asides, memorable monsters, and an ever-changing crew of
friends and foes, the excitement never lets up in The Serpent's
Shadow, a thoroughly entertaining and satisfying conclusion to the Kane
Chronicles.