Characters in The Serpent's Shadow

Carter Kane

Co-leads the final stand against Apophis and pursues the lost shadow-magic spell.

Also in The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire

Sadie Kane

Summons Ma'at to repel chaos at great personal cost and confronts Walt's looming death.

Also in The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire

Apophis

The serpent of chaos set to rise, swallow the sun, and destroy the world within days.

Also in The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire

Walt Stone

A doomed initiate whose life force is ebbing from his family curse as the final battle nears.

Also in The Throne of Fire

Anubis

The funeral god entwined with Walt's fate and Sadie's heart.

Also in The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire

Zia Rashid

Carter's love interest, busy minding the senile sun god Ra.

Also in The Red Pyramid

Amos Kane

Carter and Sadie's uncle, Chief Lector of the House of Life and former partial host of Set.

Also in The Red Pyramid

Bast (Kane Chronicles)

Also in The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire

Bes

Also in The Throne of Fire

Osiris (Egyptian god)

Also in The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire