Red Panda - Pyramid of Peril 23

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Gregg Taylor

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🗓️ 17 February 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.

A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!

This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.

This week: Chapter 23 Read by Gregg Taylor

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0:00.0	Chapter 23.
0:02.2	The chamber they stood in was broad and open, with enormous statues acting as pillars, each
0:08.7	depicting a god with what appeared to be the head of a cobra, with its enormous hood spread
0:13.1	wide as if to strike.
0:15.0	"'Who's that supposed to be?' kidass, still shivering as they check their gear.
0:18.8	"'Is that Anubis?
0:26.6	No. Anubis had a jackal's head, the Red Panda said, pulling sodden equipment from his pockets.
0:30.3	Could be Gebb. He was sometimes depicted with a snakehead.
0:32.3	Not usually a cobra, though.
0:36.3	I thought you knew all about this stuff, Kit said, surprised.
0:37.6	He shrugged.
0:39.4	"'I know a little,' he said modestly.
0:42.5	"'But this pyramid is from a vastly different era.
0:46.5	"'The pantheon of Egypt evolved a great deal over thousands of years,
0:48.8	"'even major players like Inubis.
0:53.0	"'When this was built he was the god of the underworld and the king of the dead.
0:59.2	"'Then he was supplanted by the Osiris myths and relegated to a relatively minor function of the judging of the dead.
1:03.7	He mostly showed the newly dead into an audience with Osiris.
1:07.7	Oh, Anubis, ouch, Kit smiled.
1:11.3	This terrible fellow is quite unknown to me.
1:14.5	Could be an early variation of a god we know,
1:17.5	or a minor deity who faded from mythology.' He looked around in amazement.
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