The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

I really enjoyed this book. Like the Percy Jackson books, this book assumes that the ancient Egyptians had insights into the nature of the world that modern people have forgotten at their peril. Sadie and Carter Kane, children of not one, but two royal bloodlines take on the forces of chaos as they try to work with gods and human magicians to restore order to the world. You can tell this book is the first in a series, as it leaves a lot of unfinished business, and it took a while for me to get into it, but I ended up really enjoying it. I thought the information about Egyptian mythology was fascinating, and I loved the adventures traveling around the world. I look forward to the next book in this series.