Rick Riordan's The Red Pyramid is subtitled "The Kane Chronicles, vol 1. This is the first of a planned trilogy. Dr. Julius Kane is a widower and Egyptologist. His son, Carter, has travelled with him while daughter Sadie lived with her grandparents. A research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god, Set, and sets the adventure into high gear. Carter and Sadie express their views in different chapters.