The Kane Chronicles #[1] - The Red Pyramid
(2012)

Hyperion, 2012 Series
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Price
12.99 USD; 13.99 CAD
Pages
196
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Disney - Hyperion Books
Brand
Disney - Hyperion Books
ISBN
978-1-4231-5069-5 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781423150695 51299
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Issue Notes

Keywords
Egypt; mythology

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cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Orpheus Collar ?
Inks
Orpheus Collar ?
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Letters
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Characters
Carter; Sadie; Amos; shabti; Bast

Indexer Notes

Cover design by Jim Titus. Cover art copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; blank save for barcode and EAN.

"The Red Pyramid" (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Title page

Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 3)

The Kane Chronicles / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Riordan (original story) (credited); Orpheus Collar (adaptation) (credited)
Pencils
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Inks
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited as Jared Fletcher)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Carter Kane; Sadie Kane; Julius Kane; Amos Kane; Muffin; Khufu; Face of Horror; Red Lord [Set]
Synopsis
When Julius Kane is killed attempting an incantation at the Rosetta Stone, his brother Amos takes charge of teen children Carter and Sadie. Amos explains that their family channels the ancient gods of Egypt, and magically takes the youngsters to a mystic redoubt in Brooklyn. There Carter dreams of Set, who escaped in the course of Julius Kane's incantation, and who now threatens the world.
Keywords
Brooklyn; Egypt; London; magician; mythology; Rosetta Stone

Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 4)

The Kane Chronicles / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Riordan (original story) (credited); Orpheus Collar (adaptation) (credited)
Pencils
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Inks
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited as Jared Fletcher)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Carter Kane; Sadie Kane; Amos Kane; Bast [Muffin]; Khufu; Philip of Macedon; shabti; Serqet [scorpion goddess]; Zia
Synopsis
Amos explains that the House of Life, which fears the power of the gods, is hostile to the Kane family. As minions of Set attack, Sadie's cat Muffin transforms into Bast the cat goddess, and fights fiercely against the attackers. Carter and Sadie escape through a portal opened by Zia from the House of Life.
Keywords
Brooklyn; Central Park; Egypt; magician; museum; mythology

Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 5)

The Kane Chronicles / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Riordan (original story) (credited); Orpheus Collar (adaptation) (credited)
Pencils
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Inks
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited as Jared Fletcher)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Carter Kane; Katie Kane; Zia; Iskander; Desjardins; Isis; Osiris; Set
Synopsis
Zia takes the Kanes to the mystical First Nome in Egypt, where Sadie uses dreaming to attend the legendary celebration where Set tricked and slew Osiris. Iskander, the ancient Chief Lector for the House of Life, rescues her, encourages her, and bids her to trust Zia. Zia begins teaching the Kanes magic, but Iskander dies in his sleep, leaving the hostile Desjardins as Chief Lector and forcing the Kanes to flee.
Keywords
Egypt; magician; mythology

Chapter 4 (Table of Contents: 6)

The Kane Chronicles / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Riordan (original story) (credited); Orpheus Collar (adaptation) (credited)
Pencils
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Inks
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited as Jared Fletcher)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Carter Kane; Sadie Kane; Muffin [Bast]; Horus; Set; Nut; Face of Horror; the Set Animal
Synopsis
Using the portal to escape to Washington, D.C., the Kanes are reunited with Bast. As Sadie uses dreaming to visit the goddess Nut, Carter agrees to become the host for Horus. With help from Horus and Bast, he fights off the monstrous Set Animal at Reagan National Airport, even as Set perfects his preparations to end the world.
Keywords
Egypt; London; monster; mythology; Washington D.C.

Chapter 5 (Table of Contents: 7)

The Kane Chronicles / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Riordan (original story) (credited); Orpheus Collar (adaptation) (credited)
Pencils
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Inks
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited as Jared Fletcher)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Carter Kane; Sadie Kane; Bast; Khufu; Thoth; Anubis; Wayne; Jerrod; Ammit the Destroyer; Bloodstained Blade
Synopsis
Arriving in Memphis, Tennessee the Kanes meet Thoth, who sends them to Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion to seize an artifact of great power. After a harrowing trip downriver through the underworld they meet Anubis, who tentatively agrees to help them.
Keywords
Egypt; Memphis; mythology; necropolis; New Orleans; Tennessee

Chapter 6 (Table of Contents: 8)

The Kane Chronicles / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Riordan (original story) (credited); Orpheus Collar (adaptation) (credited)
Pencils
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Inks
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited as Jared Fletcher)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Carter Kane; Sadie Kane; Bast; Khufu; Sobek; Horus; Amos Kane
Synopsis
Leaving New Orleans with Bast, the Kanes travel across Texas. Attempting to contact Nephthys, they are instead attacked by Sobek. Bast sacrifices herself defeating Sobek, and Amos appears so as to lead them to safety.
Keywords
Egypt; mythology; Texas

Chapter 7 (Table of Contents: 9)

The Kane Chronicles / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Riordan (original story) (credited); Orpheus Collar (adaptation) (credited)
Pencils
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Inks
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited as Jared Fletcher)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Carter Kane; Sadie Kane; Amos Kane; Zia; Desjardins; Sekhmet; shabti; Khufu; Muffin
Synopsis
No sooner do they escape Sobek than the Kanes are confronted by Desjardins and the House of Life. When Zia speaks up for the Kanes, Desjardins expels her. As Amos and Desjardins fight, Carter, Sadie and Zia join forces and escape. Before Amos rejoins them, Zia confides her fear that Set may somehow be using him.
Keywords
Egypt; magician; mythology; New Mexico

Chapter 8 (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Riordan (original story) (credited); Orpheus Collar (adaptation) (credited)
Pencils
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Inks
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited as Jared Fletcher)

Characters
Carter Kane; Sadie Kane; Amos Kane; Zia; Set; Horus; Isis; Julius Kane; Apophis; Desjardins
Synopsis
Fighting separately and for their own purposes, the Kanes and the House of Life each attack Set, now revealed to have possessed Amos. Empowered by Isis, Sadie transports them all to Washington, D.C., where they discover that Apophis, the Chaos Serpent, is taking advantage of the conflict to reenter the world. Using Set's secret name Sadie stops him and drives Apophis back. The apparent death of Zia reveals that she is a shabti double, giving Carter hope that the real Zia yet lives.
Keywords
Egypt; magician; mythology; Washington D.C.

Epilogue (Table of Contents: 11)

The Kane Chronicles / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Riordan (original story) (credited); Orpheus Collar (adaptation) (credited)
Pencils
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Inks
Orpheus Collar (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited as Jared Fletcher)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Carter Kane; Sadie Kane; Amos Kane; Anubis; Julius Kane [Osiris]; Ruby Kane [Isis]
Synopsis
The Kanes return to the mansion in Brooklyn, where they meet their parents, now transformed into Isis and Osiris. Amos, still suffering from his possession by Set, resolves to go the healers in the First Nome. Bast returns so that she can guide the children as they prepare for the coming conflicts by seeking other youths who have the blood of the pharaohs.
Keywords
Brooklyn; Egypt; mythology

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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Adapted from the novel The Kane Chronicles, Book One: The Red Pyramid

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Back matter

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Rick Riordan is the author of the New York Times best-selling The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire, and The Serpent's Shadow.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. "The Red Pyramid"
  4. 3. Chapter 1
    The Kane Chronicles
  5. 4. Chapter 2
    The Kane Chronicles
  6. 5. Chapter 3
    The Kane Chronicles
  7. 6. Chapter 4
    The Kane Chronicles
  8. 7. Chapter 5
    The Kane Chronicles
  9. 8. Chapter 6
    The Kane Chronicles
  10. 9. Chapter 7
    The Kane Chronicles
  11. 10. Chapter 8
  12. 11. Epilogue
    The Kane Chronicles
  13. 12. ["Adapted from the novel The Kane Chronicles, Book One: The Red Pyramid"]
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
  15. 14. ["Average student. Unlikely hero. Legend in the making."]
  16. 15. ["Rick Riordan is the author of the New York Times best-selling The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire, and The Serpent's Shadow."]
  17. 16. ["Praise for The Red Pyramid"]
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