When young magicians Carter and Sadie Kane learned how to follow the path of the Ancient Egyptian gods, they knew they would have to play an important role in restoring Ma’at-order-to the world. What they didn’t know is how chaotic the world would become. The Chaos snake Apophis is loose and threatening to destroy the earth in three days’ period. The magicians are divided. The gods are disappearing, and the ones who remain are weakened. Walt, among Carter and Sadie’s most gifted initiates, is definitely doomed about The Serpent’s Shadow and can already feel his lifestyle drive ebbing. Zia is usually too occupied babysitting the senile sun god, Ra, to become of very much help. What exactly are a couple of teenagers and a small number of young trainees to do? There is perhaps one way to avoid Apophis, but it is so challenging that it could cost Carter and Sadie their lives, if it also works in any way. It requires trusting the ghost of the psychopathic magician not to betray them, or even worse, eliminate them. They’d need to be crazy to check it out. Well, call them crazy. With hilarious asides, unforgettable monsters, and an ever-changing crew of close friends and foes, the exhilaration never enables up in The Serpent’s Darkness, a thoroughly amusing and satisfying conclusion to the Kane Chronicles.