Sisters of Isis
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Sisters of Isis is a book series by Lynne Ewing
who is also the author of the popular Daughters of the Moon
series and the companion series Sons of the Dark
. It is about three girls who live in Washington D.C. who have never met until a priest
named Abdel brings them together. They each can cast spells from the Book of Thoth and have the power of transformation. They each have a birthmark in their hair and a ring that the goddess Isis
gave them. They are Descendants of Horus
. The Sisters have to stop the cult of Anubis
from bringing chaos and destruction into the world. If they fail, they will spend eternity with the demons at the edge of chaos.
The series is unfinished due to poor sales.
, but have little else in common. Or so they think. When an ancient magic
is revealed, so are their true identities as SISTERS OF ISIS.
Going to high school at Lincoln High, Sudi (starring in The Summoning (Book #1) and the upcoming book The Haunting (Book #4)) is popular and loves to party with her best friend, Sara, who has no idea about Sudi's new life. She has identical twin sisters, Nicole and Carrie, who are three years younger and lives with both of her parents. At first she is reluctant and does not believe in magic but eventually she accepts her fate. In the first book, Brian had broken up with her yet he keeps on showing up whenever she is in trouble. Sudi fears Brian but has not told the other Sisters why. She was born in Nebraska
and has blond hair and blue eyes. The animal she can transform into is the Bennu
bird. In the third book, Sudi and Scott begin dating. In The Haunting Zack confesses his love to her but she does not know how she feels about him. He said that he only joined the cult because he saw a bird flying over the water and his friends told him that it must be her. He was promised that they would be together. She has the power to move the stars. Her friends, Sara and Brian, find out the truth about who she really is.
Meritaten-Meri Stark
A tomboy, Meri (starring in Divine One (Book #2)) accepted her fate sooner than Sudi did. She is from California
and her mother is a senator. She was born in Cairo
, Egypt
and was an orphan before her mother adopted her. She is named after the daughter of the pharaoh
Akhenaton and his wife, the famous beauty Nefertiti. She sometimes has body guards but ever since she discovered her identity, she refuses them. She can transform into and understand cats. She goes to Entre Nous Academy. Her mother illegally adopted her because the day she saw Meri, she felt pulled to her by magic. She has a crush on Abdel and they begin an unofficial relationship. Abdel tells Meri that she was the reason he became an Hour priest. Before she moved to D.C., she was in a girl band but her mother's advisors thought it was inappropriate.
Dalila
Was raised by her overprotective Egyptologist uncle, Anwar Serenptah. Her parents died in a cave-in when she was seven. She stars in Enchantress (Book #3). She first thought that she was being prepared to marry a king
or prince
, not fighting ancient gods. She rejects her fate but is the first to accept it. At first she transformed into Ammut but Abdel said she was supposed to shape-shift into a fire-breathing cobra like the goddess Wadjet
. She has a shaved head and her birthmark is above her right temple. As of the second book, her hair was grown out to a pixie cut
and hid her marking. Is the most knowledgeable about myths and she can belly dance. She has been protected and home-schooled by her uncle. She dates Sudi's friend Carter but he broke up with her because he had joined the cult. He left her for her protection.
Sudi is thrilled when she finds a mysterious invitation in her locker. Only one person could have invited her to dinner at Sky Terrace—her not-so-secret crush, Scott. But when she shows up to meet him, things don’t go as planned. Instead of Scott, she finds a strange guy named Abdel, with two girls she’s never met before. Abdel claims Sudi and the other girls are the descendants of Egyptian pharaohs, powerful ancestors who have given them magical gifts and powers of transformation. At first, Sudi refuses to buy any of it. But when evil forces begin to threaten her world, she has no choice but to believe.
Book #2: Divine One
Now that Meri has moved from California to Washington, D.C., her laid-back lifestyle has been given a preppy makeover. Her nose ring and flip-flops have been replaced with a boring gray-and-blue school uniform for the exclusive and ultra-snooty Entre Nous Academy. And with her mom, Senator Stark, deciding to run for her party’s presidential nomination, Meri is being forced into the spotlight more than ever. She wants desperately to fulfill her obligations as a Sister of Isis—but have things already spun too far out of her control?
Book #3: Enchantress
Fifteen-year old Dalila has never lived a normal life. Homeschooled by her uncle and hopelessly sheltered from the outside world, she's used to being different. Lately, Dalila has discovered she has magical powers of transformation and the ability to cast spells from the Book of Thoth. But when Dalila makes a terrible mistake, she finds herself in a race to recover powerful magic.
Book #4: The Haunting
Strange things are happening to Sudi. And when her date with her new crush Raul turns into a huge disaster, Sudi can’t deny the truth anymore—she’s got a ghost on her hands. But instead of being scared, Sudi sees this as an opportunity; it’s like having a special pet that can spy for her and play tricks on her nemesis, Michelle. Only this friendly ghost turns out to be not so friendly, and Sudi quickly discovers that it is actually a mut, one of the dangerous dead who tormented the ancient Egyptians. Sudi, Meri, and Dalila are soon caught up in the spirit’s brutal plan to wreak havoc in the world. Will the magic of the Sisters of Isis be strong enough to stop it?
Lynne Ewing
Lynne Ewing is an American author and a screen writer.When she was 30 years old, she began writing for newspapers, documentaries, magazines, and did screen writing. Her first books were Drive-By and Party Girl. Drive-By took six years to write, and Party Girl has been made into a movie called...
who is also the author of the popular Daughters of the Moon
Daughters of the Moon
Daughters of the Moon is a novel series by Lynne Ewing. It is about four fictional girls, later five, who are mortal goddesses and fight an ancient evil called The Atrox. They each have different powers, destinies, and dark sides. They all wear moon amulets. When they turn 17, they have to make a...
series and the companion series Sons of the Dark
Sons of the Dark
Sons of the Dark is a book series that was spun off from Lynne Ewing's best-selling Daughters of the Moon series.This series is about four very different young teenage boys living in Los Angeles. They are all immortal and all four have to try to fit in. Each boy also fights his dark side...
. It is about three girls who live in Washington D.C. who have never met until a priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
named Abdel brings them together. They each can cast spells from the Book of Thoth and have the power of transformation. They each have a birthmark in their hair and a ring that the goddess Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...
gave them. They are Descendants of Horus
Horus
Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists...
. The Sisters have to stop the cult of Anubis
Anubis
Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. In the ancient Egyptian language, Anubis is known as Inpu . According to the Akkadian transcription in the Amarna letters, Anubis' name was vocalized as Anapa...
from bringing chaos and destruction into the world. If they fail, they will spend eternity with the demons at the edge of chaos.
The series is unfinished due to poor sales.
The introduction
Meri, Sudi, and Dalila are three girls who live in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, but have little else in common. Or so they think. When an ancient magic
Magic (fantasy)
Magic in fiction is the endowing of fictional characters or objects with magical powers.Such magic often serves as a plot device, the source of magical artifacts and their quests...
is revealed, so are their true identities as SISTERS OF ISIS.
The Sisters of Isis
SudiGoing to high school at Lincoln High, Sudi (starring in The Summoning (Book #1) and the upcoming book The Haunting (Book #4)) is popular and loves to party with her best friend, Sara, who has no idea about Sudi's new life. She has identical twin sisters, Nicole and Carrie, who are three years younger and lives with both of her parents. At first she is reluctant and does not believe in magic but eventually she accepts her fate. In the first book, Brian had broken up with her yet he keeps on showing up whenever she is in trouble. Sudi fears Brian but has not told the other Sisters why. She was born in Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
and has blond hair and blue eyes. The animal she can transform into is the Bennu
Bennu
The Bennu bird serves as the Egyptian correspondence to the phoenix, and is said to be the soul of the Sun-God Ra.-Egyptian description:...
bird. In the third book, Sudi and Scott begin dating. In The Haunting Zack confesses his love to her but she does not know how she feels about him. He said that he only joined the cult because he saw a bird flying over the water and his friends told him that it must be her. He was promised that they would be together. She has the power to move the stars. Her friends, Sara and Brian, find out the truth about who she really is.
Meritaten-Meri Stark
A tomboy, Meri (starring in Divine One (Book #2)) accepted her fate sooner than Sudi did. She is from California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and her mother is a senator. She was born in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
and was an orphan before her mother adopted her. She is named after the daughter of the pharaoh
Pharaoh
Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. The title originates in the term "pr-aa" which means "great house" and describes the royal palace...
Akhenaton and his wife, the famous beauty Nefertiti. She sometimes has body guards but ever since she discovered her identity, she refuses them. She can transform into and understand cats. She goes to Entre Nous Academy. Her mother illegally adopted her because the day she saw Meri, she felt pulled to her by magic. She has a crush on Abdel and they begin an unofficial relationship. Abdel tells Meri that she was the reason he became an Hour priest. Before she moved to D.C., she was in a girl band but her mother's advisors thought it was inappropriate.
Dalila
Was raised by her overprotective Egyptologist uncle, Anwar Serenptah. Her parents died in a cave-in when she was seven. She stars in Enchantress (Book #3). She first thought that she was being prepared to marry a king
King
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or prince
Prince
Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...
, not fighting ancient gods. She rejects her fate but is the first to accept it. At first she transformed into Ammut but Abdel said she was supposed to shape-shift into a fire-breathing cobra like the goddess Wadjet
Wadjet
In Egyptian mythology, Wadjet, or the Green One , was originally the ancient local goddess of the city of Dep , which became part of the city that the Egyptians named Per-Wadjet, House of...
. She has a shaved head and her birthmark is above her right temple. As of the second book, her hair was grown out to a pixie cut
Pixie cut
A pixie cut refers to a short woman's hairstyle generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top. Women began exploring shorter hairstyles in the 1920s and was widely popular by rebelling women known as flappers...
and hid her marking. Is the most knowledgeable about myths and she can belly dance. She has been protected and home-schooled by her uncle. She dates Sudi's friend Carter but he broke up with her because he had joined the cult. He left her for her protection.
Book summaries
Book #1: The SummoningSudi is thrilled when she finds a mysterious invitation in her locker. Only one person could have invited her to dinner at Sky Terrace—her not-so-secret crush, Scott. But when she shows up to meet him, things don’t go as planned. Instead of Scott, she finds a strange guy named Abdel, with two girls she’s never met before. Abdel claims Sudi and the other girls are the descendants of Egyptian pharaohs, powerful ancestors who have given them magical gifts and powers of transformation. At first, Sudi refuses to buy any of it. But when evil forces begin to threaten her world, she has no choice but to believe.
Book #2: Divine One
Now that Meri has moved from California to Washington, D.C., her laid-back lifestyle has been given a preppy makeover. Her nose ring and flip-flops have been replaced with a boring gray-and-blue school uniform for the exclusive and ultra-snooty Entre Nous Academy. And with her mom, Senator Stark, deciding to run for her party’s presidential nomination, Meri is being forced into the spotlight more than ever. She wants desperately to fulfill her obligations as a Sister of Isis—but have things already spun too far out of her control?
Book #3: Enchantress
Fifteen-year old Dalila has never lived a normal life. Homeschooled by her uncle and hopelessly sheltered from the outside world, she's used to being different. Lately, Dalila has discovered she has magical powers of transformation and the ability to cast spells from the Book of Thoth. But when Dalila makes a terrible mistake, she finds herself in a race to recover powerful magic.
Book #4: The Haunting
Strange things are happening to Sudi. And when her date with her new crush Raul turns into a huge disaster, Sudi can’t deny the truth anymore—she’s got a ghost on her hands. But instead of being scared, Sudi sees this as an opportunity; it’s like having a special pet that can spy for her and play tricks on her nemesis, Michelle. Only this friendly ghost turns out to be not so friendly, and Sudi quickly discovers that it is actually a mut, one of the dangerous dead who tormented the ancient Egyptians. Sudi, Meri, and Dalila are soon caught up in the spirit’s brutal plan to wreak havoc in the world. Will the magic of the Sisters of Isis be strong enough to stop it?