The staff of Serapis, and the son of Sobek by Rick Riordan

The Son of Sobek

The Staff of Serapis

I read two short book about the clash between the ancient greeks and the ancient Egyptians. These are  recent Egyptian-Greek novels of Rick Riordans.


The Staff of Serapis: When the Egyptian empire was eventually falling, and the greek empire was at its peak, one of the rulers of Egypt decided to 'create' a god who was both greek and Egyptian, in an effort to overpower the greeks. To create this ultimate god he took minor god and experimented on him. This god became know as Serapis, he would take the place of all the major Egyptian and Greek gods, but he failed as Egypt fell, which caused him to lose his power. This book is about two females heroines, each from different series of Rick Riordan, who meet and have a task of defeating this god before he gains to much power. I found this novel, reasonably fun, not much of a 'big read', but I learned about the mythology behind the fall of the Egyptian empire.


The Son of Sobek: The second novel that I read is also much about two heroes, one egyptian, one greek. These two heroes also star in the same two series as the heroines of The Staff of Serapis. Both working together to defeat a crocodile, who is the son of Sobek. (Sobek was the ancient Egyptian god of Crocodiles). These two books could be a lead for what Rick Riordan has planned next, and I am looking forward to it. Not for any other reason than the fact that I am intrigued by any kind of Mythology.