The Red Pyramid is a book written by Rick Riordan and is the first book in the series called The Kane Chronicles. There are many major characters in the book. The protagonists are: Carter Kane, Satie Kane, Julius Kane, Amos Kane, Bast, Anubis, Horus, Isis, Zia Rashid, and many more. Over the story, Carter and Sadie Kane, who are the main two protagonists in the story, develop a lot in the story. They start off with mostly normal lives of 12 and 14 year olds. Sadie goes to school but lives with no one but her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Faust. On the other hand, Carter travels the world with his dad, Julius Kane, and is homeschooled. Through the story, Carter and Sadie become stronger and learn more powerful magic and learn about who they really are. At the end of the story, Carter and Sadie are almost completely different characters because they have matured and now respect each other. The main antagonist is Set and all of his minions. Set is the God of Chaos and is trying to destroy the world in the book. The plot of The Red Pyramid is as follows. They are living normal lives until suddenly Carter and Sadie’s dad blows up a stone called the Rosetta Stone which releases five gods. One of those gods is Set, the god of chaos. Carter, Sadie, and many companions they make along their journey, have to defeat Set and stop him from destroying the world. They do this by hosting gods and learning magic to defeat Set. The story takes place in the entire world as the characters travel everywhere and go on a journey across the world teleporting to different countries. Rick Riordan often uses Egyptian words to allow the main characters to use spells such as ha di which means destroy. An important quote in the novel is, “Who are you, and why are you my cat?” (Riordan 113) This shows how the story is full of mysteries, confusion, and things not being what they seem at first glance. The quote is about Muffin, Sadie Kane’s cat who turns into Bast, the goddess of cats. Sadie is saying why are you my cat because before, her uncle told her the cat would protect her but she didn’t know how. Sadie commanded the cat to protect her and Muffin transformed into Bast which confuses Sadie. I recommend this book to people who enjoyed the Percy Jackson series and the Heroes of Olympus series or anyone who likes Rick Riordan or mythology. This book is very interesting but I do not recommend it to people who want a fast paced book because this novel is spaced and is over five hundred pages long. It does get better as the story goes on with more action the further you get in the book. I would rate this book a 10/10 because I enjoyed reading it and I plan to read the next book in the Kane Chronicles series called The Throne of Fire.