The release date for the English version of 'The Serpent's Shadow' by
Rick Riordan is May 2012. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
It's him again! Carter and Sadie Kane do their hardest, but they are unable to contain the chaos serpent Apophis. The Kanes now have the difficult burden of having to defeat Apophis once and for all as he is threatening to bring forth perpetual darkness on Earth. Regretfully, the gods are split, the House of Life magicians are on the verge of a civil war, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House are mostly by alone in their struggle against the forces of chaos. The only thing that may save the Kane family is an old spell that could perhaps use the serpent's own shadow as a weapon, but the magic has been forgotten for a millennium. The Kanes must depend on the violent spirit of a formidable magician in order to obtain the solution they seek. This ghost may be able to guide them to the shadow of the snake, or it may lead them to their demise in the depths of the underworld. In this exciting denouement of the Kane Chronicles, the Kane family fulfils its destiny, and nothing less than the mortal world is at risk.