The Red Pyramid Author's Note Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • There are a lot of factual tidbits in this story, so either Sadie and Carter did a ton of research, or they are, somehow, telling the truth.
  • The House of Life was an important institution in ancient Egypt, but we have no way of knowing if it still exists.
  • The portrayal of ancient Egyptian magic is also more or less accurate, based on what we know from archaeology. All the artifacts and monuments mentioned in the text exist, except for the red pyramid in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • The author promises to pass on any more recordings that come his or her way, but in the meantime, let's hope that Carter and Sadie are wrong about the fact that chaos is rising and threatening to destroy the world…