The Best Beginning Is The Ending Fiction Bundle

The Serpent's Shadow

He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos. The Kanes' only hope is an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon, but the magic has been lost for a millennia. To find the answer they need, the Kanes must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician who might be able to lead them to the serpent's shadow . . . or might lead them to their deaths in the depths of the underworld. Nothing less than the mortal world is at stake when the Kane family fulfills its destiny in this thrilling conclusion to the Kane Chronicles.

The Blood of Olympus (HB)

Though the "Greek and Roman" crewmembers of the "Argo II" have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, "Gaea". Her giants have risen-all of them-and they're stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the "Feast of Spes", when "Gaea" plans to have two demigods sacrificed in "Athens". She needs their blood- "the blood of Olympus" -in order to wake. The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at "Camp Half-Blood". The "Roman" legion from "Camp Jupiter", led by "Octavian", is almost within striking distance. Though it is tempting to take the "Athena Parthenos" to "Athens" to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps. The "Athena Parthenos" will go west; the "Argo II" will go east. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against "Gaea's" army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to "Athens", they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if "Gaea" wakes, it is game over.