The Throne of Fire characters

Appears from the start

The elder Kane sibling, now helping run a training school for young magicians at Brooklyn House. Serious and dedicated, still linked to the war god Horus, he leads with a sense of duty and is quietly determined to find and rescue a young magician he has not stopped thinking about since the previous book. He shoulders the burden of an urgent new quest against a rising enemy.

Appears from the start

The younger Kane sibling, bold and sharp-tongued, who narrates half the story and helps teach the recruits at Brooklyn House. Still connected to the magic of the goddess Isis, she is confident in her growing power and impatient with rules. Loyal and quick to act, she throws herself into the race to stop chaos from overwhelming the world.

Appears from the start

The Kanes' uncle, a powerful magician recovering from a harrowing ordeal in the previous book. A steadying mentor figure when he is present, he is bound to the traditions of the House of Life even as the Kanes follow the riskier path of the gods, and his loyalties and health are a quiet worry to his niece and nephew.

Appears from the start

The Egyptian cat goddess and the Kanes' fierce, playful guardian, ready to fight anything that threatens them. Loyal and protective, she watches over the young magicians and lends her speed and ferocity to their cause as they face growing dangers.

Appears from the start

A young fire magician of the House of Life whom Carter is determined to find. Disciplined and gifted, loyal to her order but caught up in the Kanes' affairs, she is at the heart of a mystery Carter cannot leave alone, and finding her is one of his driving goals in this book.

Appears from the start

A talented newcomer training at Brooklyn House, skilled at crafting charms and amulets, drawn especially to Sadie. Kind and capable, he carries a private burden he does not fully explain, a hidden trouble that shadows him even as he proves a valuable member of the group.

First appears in chapter 4

The primeval Egyptian sun god, who withdrew from the world ages ago into a long rest. The Kanes come to believe that awakening him is their best hope against the enemy stirring against them, and much of the book is a race to find the means to rouse the sleeping sun god from where he has hidden himself in the depths of the Duat.

Appears from the start

The ancient Egyptian serpent of Chaos, the embodiment of destruction and disorder, imprisoned for eons and now straining to break loose. Feared even by the gods, he threatens to swallow the sun and plunge the world into everlasting darkness, and stopping his rise is the central danger the Kanes must confront.

First appears in chapter 2

The stern Chief Lector who leads the House of Life, the ancient order of Egyptian magicians. Wary of the Kanes and opposed to their path of hosting gods, he governs by tradition and law, and his mistrust makes the order an obstacle even as a greater threat gathers against them all.

First appears in chapter 6

A powerful and unsettling senior magician of the House of Life, based in Russia, with a ruined voice and a menacing manner. Ambitious and dangerous, he takes a threatening interest in the Kanes and their plans, becoming a formidable enemy whose true aims they must uncover.