{"editions": [], "works": [{"description": "Since their mother\u2019s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers.  While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.\r\n\r\nOne night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a \u201cresearch experiment\u201d at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family.  Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.\r\n\r\nSoon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them\u2014Set\u2014has his sights on the Kanes.  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As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, which has become a training ground for young magicians.\r\n\r\nAnd now their most threatening enemy yet - the chaos snake Apophis - is rising. If they don't prevent him from breaking free in a few days' time, the world will come to an end. In other words, it's a typical week for the Kane family.\r\n\r\nTo have any chance of battling the Forces of Chaos, the Kanes must revive the sun god Ra. But that would be a feat more powerful than any magician has ever accomplished.\r\n\r\nFirst they have to search the world for the three sections of the Book of Ra, then they have to learn how to chant its spells. 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