Posts Tagged ‘alchemy’
The Necromancer
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2010
Fantasy
ISBN: 0385735316
416 pages
Synopsis
San Francisco
After fleeing to Ojai, then Paris, and escaping to London, Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home. And after everything they’ve seen and learned in the past week, they’re both more confused than ever about their future. Neither of them has mastered the magics they’ll need to protect themselves from the Dark Elders, they’ve lost Scatty, and they’re still being pursued by Dr. John Dee. Most disturbing of all, however, is that now they must ask themselves, can they trust Nicholas Flamel? Can they trust anyone? …
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The Sorceress
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2009
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0385735294
512 pages
Synopsis
As the day of reckoning approaches where the Dark Elders are planning to bring their banished brethren into the world and end the world as we know it, Nicholas Flamel and the two recently awakened twins, Sophie and Josh Newman are in a race against time and all of the dark forces against them. The first book takes place in California and the second in Paris. This book, the third edition to the series so far, takes place in London and a new cast of characters is added to the mix including William Shakespearre, Billy the Kid, and Gilgamesh. …
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The Magician
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2008
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0385733585
496 pages
Synopsis
Continuing on from their first adventure, the twins Josh and Sophie Newman have now been transported to Paris through a ley-line, a magical portal that connects major parts of the world and can bring people from place to place instantaneously. Sophie’s powers have been awakened and she has all of the powers and memories of the Witch. They’ve escaped John Dee for now, but another powerful enemy is hot on their trail, the infamous Niccoló Machiavelli, a powerful, cold, and calculating adversary who has control over all of the Parisian police forces in addition to having magical abilities. …
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The Alchemyst
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN:0385733577
400 pages
Synopsis
Josh and Sophie Newman are average twin 15-year-old siblings. They travel around with their archeologist parents, play football, shop, talk on their cell phones, browse the internet. However, there is more to these twins than meets the eye, and the immortal Nicholas Flamel has a suspicion that they are the twins of legend mentioned in the Book of Abraham the Mage, a prophetic Codex that contains untold wonders. …
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