Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles Crossover Books in Order
Part ofRick Riordan Books in OrderSee the Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles crossover stories by Rick Riordan in order, with plot summaries, series background, and advice on when to read them alongside the main series.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
4 books
The Son of Sobek
by Rick Riordan
2013
In this crossover novella, Carter Kane hunts a giant magical crocodile on Long Island and nearly gets eaten—until Percy Jackson appears chasing the same monster. Forced to team up, the magician and demigod test each other’s powers against a pet of the god Sobek.
The Staff of Serapis
by Rick Riordan
2014
Annabeth Chase runs into a bizarre two-headed monster on the New York subway and is saved by Sadie Kane. Together they track the creature to a ruined lighthouse and uncover a plot by the god Serapis that fuses Greek and Egyptian magic in deadly ways.
Demigods & Magicians
by Rick Riordan
2015
This collection gathers the three crossover novellas that bring Percy Jackson together with Carter and Sadie Kane. Read straight through, it tells a single escalating story about an ambitious magician whose schemes endanger both Greek demigods and Egyptian magicians.
The Crown of Ptolemy
by Rick Riordan
2015
Percy and Annabeth investigate strange storms over Governors Island and finally meet Carter and Sadie face-to-face. The four heroes must stop the magician Setne from stealing divine power and turning himself into a god using an artifact linked to Ptolemy.
Series background & context
The Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles crossover stories exist to answer a simple question fans asked for years: what happens when Greek demigods meet Egyptian magicians? Rather than a full novel series, this line is a trio of novellas that braid the two worlds together and then tie off the knot so each cast can return to its own ongoing battles.
In The Son of Sobek, Carter Kane tracks a giant crocodile on Long Island and discovers Percy Jackson hunting the same beast; wary of each other at first, they’re forced to work together when they realize the threat is tied to the crocodile god Sobek. The Staff of Serapis brings Annabeth Chase and Sadie Kane together on the New York subway to confront a monster whose powers mix Greek and Egyptian magic. Finally, The Crown of Ptolemy unites all four heroes against the magician Setne, who’s trying to turn himself into a god.
Read in order, the stories escalate from a single rogue monster to a full-blown attempt to rewrite both pantheons.
This page explains different ways to approach the crossovers. Many readers wait until they’ve finished both the original Percy Jackson series and The Kane Chronicles, then treat Demigods & Magicians as a victory-lap adventure. Others weave the stories into their reading at the points where they were originally published, between The Serpent’s Shadow and The House of Hades. Either approach works; what matters is that you’ve met the main casts first.
You’ll also find brief summaries and publication details here, so it’s easy to keep straight which e-single, anthology, or hardcover collection each novella first appeared in. If you like the mix of tones—Percy’s exasperated humor colliding with Carter and Sadie’s taped-diary style—you can then branch into the rest of each series with a clear sense of how the larger universe fits together.
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