Amos Kane

Amos Kane is Julius Kane's brother and Carter and Sadie's uncle. He is a member of the Kane family.

Background
Little is known about Amos's early life. He presumably grew up with his brother, Julius, and trained as a magician in the First Nome, becoming a member of the House of Life. He is the last member of the Twenty-first Nome, located in Brooklyn, where he lives in Brooklyn House with his pets Khufu and Philip of Macedonia. He was present for Sadie's sixth birthday party and was splattered with icing when the siblings accidentally made the cake explode. Julius says Amos was never his match, so if Julius wasn't dead (or exiled), he would be Chief Lector before Amos, possibly before Desjardins.

The Red Pyramid
When Amos begins to suspect that his brother will attempt to release Osiris, Amos becomes concerned and tracks Julius down in England. Apparently knowing that Julius intends to die, Amos begs him to reconsider, expressing concern for his niece and nephew, but Julius ignores him. When the five gods are released from the Rosetta Stone, Amos is possessed by Set. While possessed by Set, Amos attempts to do what he can to tip off others that he is not himself. Set forces Amos to use chaos magic while possessing him, despite the fact that Set forces him to use his own magic reserves, endangering his life. The uninformed Sadie and Carter, however, do not catch on and when Carter has a vision of Set, Amos pretends to investigate and feigns capture.

As Carter and Sadie draw closer to Phoenix and defeating Set, Amos rejoins them and escorts them back to Set's base. Despite the fact that it has become increasingly obvious that their uncle is not himself and the fact that Zia Rashid can sense that he is possessed, they take no action until Set reveals himself. Carter and Sadie are able to defeat Set and bring Amos back to Brooklyn, but the experience of being possessed by Set is traumatizing for Amos. When Carter and Sadie visit their father in the Land of the Dead, Julius asks for them to pass along a message for Amos, advising him to remember that the Egyptians thought of the sunrise not just as a new day, but a new world. Shortly later, Amos begins to show signs of recovery and declares that he would travel to the First Nome and visit the healers there.

The Throne of Fire
Having returned from the first Nome, Amos starts the book at the Brooklyn House helping out Carter and Sadie. When The House of Life attacks, Amos leads the magicians in traning against the attack. At the end, he becomes Chief Lector of the House of Life. However, his claim is disputed among other Nomes.

Personality
Amos is kind, easy-going and gentle. He is very loving towards his niece and nephew, wants what's best for them and cares deeply for his brother.

Appearance
Amos is described as being barrel-shaped with skin the color of roasted coffee. When the Kanes first see him he is wearing a trench coat and a fedora. He wears pinstriped suits, coats and hats; he also tends to braid his hair with gems to match. Carter considers him to have 'style', and adds that Amos reminds him of a jazz musician. Sadie describes him as smelling of 'old timey' spices, like an incense shop. Both Carter and Sadie say he has a twinkle in his eyes, but they're always full of sadness.

Powers and Abilities
Although only a limited amount of Amos's power is seen, he contains a great amount of magical strength. He was the second most powerful magician at the beginning of the Throne of Fire. After Desjardins, the most powerful magician and Chief Lector, sacrificed himself execrating Apophis, Amos became the most powerful magician in the world. He showed great telepathic powers as he was able to alter the mind of a security guard. He is skilled at making Shabti such as Philip of Macedonia. While being possessed by Set, he was able to manipulate the weather, being able to project lightning and become a storm cloud as well as turning others into storm clouds. He has been shown to continue using Storm Magic, as he used it during the Battle of Brooklyn House.

Hieroglyphic Spells: Like almost every magician, Amos can cast normal hieroglyphic spells. However, his level of skill is equivalent to that of Desjardins. He also has a good knowledge of the different glyphs and symbols. He can speak some Divine Words such as A'max to summon a small fire and hi-nemh to join objects.

Storm Magic/Path of Set: After hosting Set, the god of storms and disasters, Amos can cast lightning and wind. He displays this during the Battle of Brooklyn House. Even during his hosting of Set, he used this during his battle with Desjardins in New Mexico. This type of magic is part of Chaos Magic and isn't valued highly. After Set left him, Amos attempted to use the Path of Set against Apophis.

Telepathy: Amos' mind is very concentrated and resilient. He managed to bend the mind of a security guard and made him blank. This is again shown when Set hosts him and even then, he controls some of his actions to an extent. He also tries to give hints to Carter and Sadie that he was being possessed.

Former Powers and Abilities
Amos used to be the former host of Set. He was twisted against his will and his sanity became at risk after the hosting. Even though Amos despises Set, he admits that he needs his power to fight Apophis and so uses the Path of Set and Storm Magic. However, these are some abilities he could only do as the host of Set:

Storm Cloud Transformation: While Amos regained all of his powers when hosting Set through the god's path, he lost his ability to transform into a storm cloud or turn others into them. Once transformed, the cloud rumbles when anger is imminent.

Relationships
Julius Kane: Although the details of their relationship are scarce, the brothers seem to care very much for one another. Amos attempts to dissuade Julius from going to the British Museum and releasing Osiris for fear of his brother's life. Likewise, Julius was concerned for his brother when he became traumatized by being possessed by Set and offers him wisdom and kind words.

Trivia

 * Upon arriving in New York City, Amos makes a reference to Rick Riordan's other series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. He states that Manhattan has "other gods" and looks at the Empire State Building. In the Percy Jackson series, the Greek gods lived in Mt. Olympus, on top of the Empire State Building.