A Look Into My Book

 

     Currently I am reading The Throne of Fire  by Rick Riordan. I just finished chapter 7 and 8 and they were action packed. Sadie Kane, a magician related to the gods of ancient Egypt, had gone back to her home town of London, England to spend her birthday with her grandparents and friends before she left on a difficult quest to awaken Ra the sun god. Sadie realizes that returning home by herself was a bad decision when she finds her grandmother possessed by Nekhbet the vulture goddess and her grandfather possessed by Babi the bear-sized baboon god. The two gods are determined to kill Sadie and prevent her from awakening Ra. Sadie flees and ends up running into her two friends Liz and Emma. Sadie knows that if she doesn't protect them, Nehkbet and Babi will most likely hurt them. Sadie brings her friends with her as she tries to escape the clutches of the gods. Sadie runs into Anubis, the god of death, who tells her that help is on the way.  The three girls hop on a subway and hoped that Nehkbet and Babi weren't close by.

 

     Liz and Emma, having no knowledge that real magicians, more than just illusionists, existed were extremely confused when they saw the giant chimp of a god chasing after them. Sadie fills them in on her experiences with magic and ancestry with the gods. The girls get off the subway at Waterloo Station. Unfortunately the gods have once again found them. Sadie know that battling them is the only way to protect her friends. Babi, with an enraged temper start to fling things around the station and civilians scatter. Soon Sadie, Liz, and Emma are the only ones facing the gods. A troop of Babi's baboon minions create chaos and Sadie quickly searches her magic bag to find something she can use to defend her self. Sadie drinks a potion so that she can channel the power of her patron god, Isis. Sadie successefully causes a diversion and delays Nehkbet and Babi in their chase. The three girls bolt outside of the station and find the help Anubis had told them about. A short, hairy man presented himself to the girls as Bes, god of dwarves. Bes drove the girls to Waterloo Bridge where battling the gods would be easier since the river would make it difficult for them to stay attached to the mortal world.

 

     Once they reach the river, Sadie, Liz and Emma run to the bridge. Bes tells the girls that he will be over in a bit to help. At the bridge, Sadie has Liz and Emma draw a protective circle around them that will deflect the power of the gods at least for a short while. Nehkbet and Babi approach the girls with the taste of victory in their mouths. Sadie was weakening and wasn't sure how much longer she could hold up. Bes arrives just in time. He wore nothing but a blue speedo that showed off his flabby, hairy skin. Bes threatens to scare his fellow gods away but they take it as a joke. Bes runs over to Babi, wrestling and head-butting him until he finally gave up and disappeared. Then Bes went over to Nehkbet. He disfigured his own face and roared at her, ripping away the essence of the goddess. All that remained was the worn bodies of Sadies grandparents. Sadie and her friends ran over to them and checked to see if they were ok. Both her grandfather and her grandmother were breathing and only needed rest. Bes told Sadie that she needed to get a move on her quest. He also said that her grandparents and her friends weren't allowed to come along because they were only mortals. Liz and Emma assure Sadie that they will take care of her grandparents and that they had a great adventure. Sadie agrees to go with Bes and start her new journey.