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Song of Serapis

I just finished reading The Staff of Serapis, by Rick Riordan, a follow-up to his The Son of Sobek. Like its predecessor, it’s a crossover between his Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus and Kane Chronicles series, featuring characters from both and … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, History, Kane Chronicles, Middle East, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Roman Empire | Tagged alexander the great, alexandria, amun, annabeth chase, apis, carter kane, cerberus, egypt, hades, osiris, ptolemy i, sadie kane, serapis, the lost hero, the son of sobek, the staff of serapis |

Heroes Never Die

The Demigod Diaries, by Rick Riordan – I read a library copy of this book, but that hadn’t stopped some kid from doing all the puzzles in pencil. Oh, well. The reason I checked it out wasn’t for the activities, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Kane Chronicles, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Roman | Tagged amaltheia, annabeth chase, cacus, carter kane, giants, haley riordan, hercules, hermes, janus, jason grace, leo valdez, leo valdez and the quest for buford, luke castellan, maenads, percy jackson and the staff of hermes, piper mclean, son of magic, thalia grace, the demigod diaries, the diary of luke castellan, the house of hades, the last olympian, the lost hero, the son of sobek, zeus |

There’s an Apophis for That

The Serpent’s Shadow, by Rick Riordan – The third and presumably final book in the Kane Chronicles has Sadie and Carter finally defeating the serpent Apophis, and ties up some other loose ends as well. Among other matters, the story … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Kane Chronicles, Mythology, Norse, Rick Riordan | Tagged bes, carter kane, drew tanaka, hermes, neith, ra, ramesses ii of egypt, sadie kane, setne, shu, the lost hero, the serpent's shadow, thoth, zia rashid |

Who Has Seen the Wind?

In classical mythology, most natural phenomena were either personified themselves or seen as the tools of a deity, if not both. The winds were no exception, and in Greco-Roman mythology, there were four of them. I’m no meteorologist, but can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Mythology, Oz, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged aeolus, anemoi, apollo, astraeos, astraeus, bible, boreas, calais, chloris, cleopatra, east wind, eos, euros, eurus, four winds, frank joslyn baum, gigantes, gospels, harpies, helios, horses, hyacinthus, hyperborea, icetown, irenaeus, iris, khione, north wind, notos, notus, odysseus, odyssey, old man winter, oreithyia of athens, pausanias, podarge, rachel cosgrove payes, rosine, snowmen, south wind, swift v. breezy, the hidden valley of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the lost hero, thrace, titans, venti, winds, zephyros, zephyrus, zetes |

The Demigods Are Back in Town

The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan – After a detour into Egyptian mythology in his also excellent The Red Pyramid, Riordan is back to the Greek stuff with the first volume in the Heroes of Olympus series. Also back are … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Mythology, Rick Riordan, Roman | Tagged aeolus, aphrodite, boreas, giants, gigantes, hephaestus, jason grace, jupiter, king midas, leo valdez, lupa, medea, olympus, piper mclean, remus, romulus, the lost hero, zeus |