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Rick Riordan is the author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (by the way, if you haven’t read it, READ it). I went to a book signing in Downers Grove and got to meet him on May 11. He was talking about his new series of books, the Kane Chronicles. Like the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, it is about myths. But this series isn’t about Geek myths ( :, it is about Egyptian myths. It was inspired by the question that was asked every time he went to a book signing, “ Are you going to make a new series with other kinds of myths”. He had thought a lot about what kind of myths he should use for the new book. Then he remembered his teaching career. The only myths that were as popular as the Greek ones were the Egyptian myths. That is what made up the Kane Chronicles.

=THE KANE CHRONICLES=

The new series, the Kane Chronicles, is about a brother and sister, Carter and Sadie. When they where six, their mom died and there grandparents got Sadie and their father got Carter. Sadie lived a normal life in England while Carter traveled around they world with his father, an archeologist. When Carter and Sadie get together at Christmas, their dad gets captured by the Red Lord, Set, and unleashes 5 Egyptian gods. Carter and Sadie must work together with the gods to save their dad and save the world from Chaos. At the book signing, I learned that he plans to make the series a trilogy. His next book will be released next spring.

=**A LITTLE BIT ON PERCY JACKSON**= The Percy Jackson story was first told in Rick Riordan's house as a BEDTIME STORY. The point of the story was to entertain his son because he HATED school. One of the only things he did like was Greek Myths. The time it took to tell the whole story was 2 weeks because, of course, he was always improvising. His son said he should make a book. That's what started his career as a writer. He has made Percy Jackson books, books for adults( below are names of them), now Kane chronicles and ** The Heroes of Olympus ** 

=THE HEROS OF OLYMPUS= "Dad, you are now my second favorite author, not my third". That's what Rick's son said to him after he heard the new book, The Lost Hero. ( It's a tradition that they hear all the books first.) The book returns back to Camp Half-Blood. It is about the prophecy at the end of The Last Olympian. For those that haven't read it, I won't give it away. The main characters will probably not include a son of Poseidon but Percy will make some visits in the books. He said in a couple weeks he will post the first two chapters on his website, Myth & Mystery ( it's a cliffhanger ). Thats all the info I have, so, good bye for now.

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