The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Book 2) by Michael Scott (EPUB)

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Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren’t safe!Discover the truth in book two of the New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. The Enemies: Dr. John Dee and Niccolo Machiavelli. Their Plan: Steal the rest of what Nicholas Flamel has fought to protect. John Dee has the Book of Abraham the Mage, which means the world is on the brink of ruin. Except he’s missing two cruscial pages, pages that Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and the legendary warrior Scatty have taken to Paris. But Paris is teeming with enemies–and old acquaintances like Nicollo Machiavelli. On the run and with time running out for Nicholas and his wife, Perenell, Sophie must learn the second elemental magic: Fire Magic. And there’s only one man who can teach it to her: Flamel’s old student, the Comte de Saint-Germain—alchemist, magician, and rock star. “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel has everything you loved about Harry Potter, includingmagic, mystery, and a constant battle of good versus evil.”—Bustle Read the whole series! The AlchemystThe MagicianThe Sorceress The NecromancerThe Warlock The Enchantress

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⭐”We are now in Paris, the city of my birth, the city where I first discovered the Codex and began the long quest to translate it. That journey ultimately led me to discover the existence of the Elder Race and revealed the mystery of the philosopher’s stone and finally the secret of immortality. I love this city. It holds many secrets and is home to more than one human immortal and ancient Elder. Here, I will find a way to Awaken Josh’s powers and continue Sophie’s education. I must. For their sakes – and for the continuance of the human race.” – from the Day Booke of Nicholas Flamel, AlchemystTwo days have passed since fifteen-year-old twins Josh and Sophie Newman set off for their summer jobs on an ordinary Thursday. Just two days, but they have been the two most extraordinary days either twin will ever live – filled with danger and magic and mythical beings so unbelievable they stagger the mind. It started when a small, dapper man – the powerful human immortal Dr. John Dee, as it turns out – showed up at the bookstore where Josh worked. Before a quarter of an hour had passed, Dr. Dee had triumphed in a battle of magics with Josh’s boss, Nick Fleming – who is, in reality, the immortal human Alchemyst Nicholas Flamel – completely destroyed the bookstore, kidnapped Nick’s wife and stolen all but two pages of the Book of Abraham the Mage.Also known as the Codex, Abraham’s book is an ancient and dangerous book of spells, prophecies and magical formulae. Dr. Dee and the Dark Elders he serves wish to use the Codex to bring the Elder Race back to preeminence on the earth, making humanity slaves at best, a food supply at worst. Luckily, the two pages Josh managed to tear out of the book before Dee stole it are the two most vital to the Dark Elders. Without the spell of Final Summoning contained on those two pages, the Dark Elders’ plans cannot go forward.Convinced that Sophie and Josh are the twins of prophecy – those Abraham said would either save the world or destroy it – Nicholas Flamel has enlisted the aid and protection of the Warrior Maid, Scathach, as he seeks those who can Awaken the twins’ powers and instruct them in the five elemental magics. Sophie was Awakened by Hekate in the Elder’s California Shadow Realm, but unfortunately, Dee attacked before Josh could be Awakened. After visiting the Witch of Endor in Ojai (who taught Sophie the Magic of Air and also gave her the gift of all of her memories and knowledge) the beleaguered Nicholas, Scathach, Josh and Sophie have fled to Paris, the city of Flamel’s birth and the home of Dr. Dee’s dangerous ally, the human immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.In just two days, it seems that Josh and Sophie have gone from being ordinary 21st century teens to having their life threatened by the unreal, the mythic and the impossible at every turn. Josh, for one, in not happy about the situation. Nicholas Flamel has repeatedly told the twins that they MUST trust him, that he is trying to protect them both, but Josh is not convinced that this is entirely true. He has witnessed Flamel putting his twin in great peril, he saw the Alchemyst risk Sophie’s life at her Awakening with his own eyes. Frightened, angry, and feeling both isolated by and jealous of the changes in Sophie, Josh has decided to put his life in Flamel’s hands for now, but he will not trust the man, not without knowing Flamel’s full agenda.While Nicholas, Scathach and the twins seek sanctuary with one of the Alchemyst’s former students in Paris, Perenelle Flamel is facing her own difficulties on Alcatraz. Dr. Dee has filled the cells of the former penitentiary with the most horrible of monsters, all of whom are a great threat to humanity. Perenelle must find out why, even as she seeks to escape and rejoin Nicholas and the twins, but for The Sorceress, as for her husband, time is running out. Without the Codex to reveal to recipe for the potion of immortality, Nicholas and Perenelle will age at least a year with each passing day. Within a month, their many centuries will catch up to them and they will wither and die.The breakneck adventure Michael Scott began in The Alchemyst continues here in The Magician. As before, Mr. Scott uses his incredible knowledge of folklore, mythology and history to populate the novel with a host of heroes, villains and beasts. The Comte de Saint-Germain, Niccolo Machiavelli and Jeanne D’Arc are all major players in this fascinating story. Varied mythical beasts and beings such as Aerop-Enap, Mars Ultor, the Valkyries and the Nidhogg all make appearances. In addition to his unparalleled grasp of the legends and histories of a myriad of cultures, Mr. Scott also uses an extensive knowledge of the settings, including Alcatraz Island and the Catacombs of Paris, to bring his story to vivid life. It’s impossible to finish this book without wanting to begin The Sorceress, book three in the series, immediately and, if the successive novels in this series prove to be as wonderful as the first two, I have a feeling I’m going to devour them one after the other.

⭐What fun! In THE MAGICIAN, Michael Scott continues the harrowing saga of two normal American teenagers who find that the world they thought they knew is actually populated by immortals as well as creatures from myth and legend. They also find that more than a few of their fellow humans are possessed with magical abilities and that they themselves are among those. Some of the beings who join them on their challenging adventures to outwit the malevolent characters of Dr. John Dee and Machiavelli are themselves delightful to get to know. Scathach, the vegetarian vampire, is a great companion, and Count Saint-Germain, the rock musician who also happens to be an immortal who has mastered the Magic of Fire, is a friend indeed. The juxtaposition of the very ancient with the very modern lends the book a measure of good-natured humor to offset the fearsome, non-human antagonists that our hero and heroine must face.Another marvelous example of Scott’s ability to intermix the horrific and the humorous comes when the sorceress Perenelle frees Areop-Enap, a monstrous spider Elder, from its magic-guarded cell. When the monster leaps at her, Perenelle whaps it on the head with the flat side of her sword and exclaims, “Oh, stop that!” to which the hideous spider replies, “That hurt! …You’re always hurting me. You nearly killed me the last time I saw you.” I do not mean to give the impression that the book is all humorous repartee, for much is indeed given over to very serious and dangerous adventures, but episodes of side-splitting laughter on the part of the reader do recur with fair regularity.The author obviously knows a wide variety of myths and legends and brings them to life in the here and now with a vivid, creative imagination. His literary pot is constantly being stirred, mixing the ancient with the modern and the serious with the humorous. It is this continually changing tone and tenor that makes the book somewhat more than a mere fantasy story for younger readers. I am well past the “younger” reader category, yet I found the book to be a light, delightful adventure. It is also a very fast read–I tend to read slowly but devoured it in three sittings. In truth, I hated to put it down at all, for one does get caught up in the adventure and is dying to know what happens next.Have I any criticisms of THE MAGICIAN? Well, it certainly isn’t great literature with multi-layered symbolism and universal observations on the human condition, but we knew that before picking it up, and we expected to find some light, escapist, diversionary reading, which is precisely what the book delivers. It is most obviously the second book in Scott’s “Nicholas Flamel” trilogy, and one does need the background provided in the first book (THE ALCHEMYST) to avoid being somewhat lost in the beginning of THE MAGICIAN. If you are coming to this book first, you may be making at least a small mistake; read the books of this series in order! Likewise, do not expect this book to provide a satisfactory denouement to the story line. It definitely leaves the reader hanging, on purpose, of course, since Scott does want us to buy the third book, THE SORCERESS. This book, therefore, has neither a satisfying beginning nor ending, but that is to be expected of the middle book in a trilogy.Two descriptions I did find joltingly unrealistic, and both continued to bother me through the rest of the book. Scott’s descriptions of the wailing police sirens in the streets of Paris, France seem to describe the constant wailing or warbling tone of American sirens. Those are not used in France, where a rapidly alternating high-low tone signals the presence of an emergency vehicle. (To hear one, simply do a Google search on the phrase “French police siren.”) The other inappropriate description is of a breakfast in Saint-Germain’s home and includes fare such as sausage and pancakes, definitely not characteristic of a French breakfast! These glitches were enough to damage rather seriously the effect of chasing (and being chased by) monsters in the French capitol.Despite a few stylistic flaws, THE MAGICIAN is a fine frolic in fantasy literature and provides a nice bit of escapist reading for adolescents through grown-up adults. It is an effective sequel to THE ALCHEMYST and an equally effective prelude to THE SORCERESS (a copy of which I have already ordered from Amazon.com). If one is exploring these reviews to choose a gift for a young but enthusiastic reader of fantasy literature, I recommend giving all three books as a set so they can be enjoyed in the proper sequence. (My reference to this series as a trilogy is predicated on the publication of THE SORCERESS as the latest and third book in Scott’s “Nicholas Flamel” series; if all six planned volumes come to pass, I suppose I be referring to a hexad.)And as my final thought (I promise–this IS my final thought!), couldn’t these books be transformed into some very entertaining motion pictures? If we can do it to C. S. Lewis’ CHRONICLES OF NARNIA and to J. K. Rowling’s HARRY POTTER books, we can surely do it to Michael Scott’s creations!

⭐I’m probably a third of the way of book 2, and while I like the story and am enjoying the book/series, there are a couple things that bother me. One, the amount of times that the brother and sister “squeeze eachothers arm” is absurd… the author could think of no better ways to describe their adoration for one another? Also, the author does repeat himself quite often. I just read “it was impossible to tell her age” twice within 3 kindle pages of one another (about the same person)… this series is a good length and I’m hunkered into reading it through but stuff like that bothers me lol.Lastly, I was hoping the magic would align more with how it works in Harry Potter, considering the alchemist is the famous Nicholas Flamel (inventor of the Sorcerer’s Stone), but it’s completely different than in HP. I wasn’t really expecting that either.Anyway, as I progress through the series I am sure to update or leave more reviews, but figured I would prepare those who may read this for those couple of observations.

⭐The twins have escaped to Paris with Nicholas Flamel and Scathach. They find the Comte de Saint-Germain, an immortal (and currently a rock star) who teaches Sophie to use the elemental magic of fire. Saint-Germain’s wife, who happens to be Joan of Arc, helps Sophie learn to control her aura, and Josh is given the legendary stone sword, Clarent.Suddenly the house is invaded by three Disir, old enemies of Scathach who have brought along the Nidhogg, a ferocious monster released when Yggdrasil was destroyed. Sophie freezes two of the Disir but the monster drags Scatty off. A frantic chase takes place through the streets of Paris to the River Seine. Josh wounds Nidhogg, but is persuaded to leave with Dee and Niccolo Machiavelli, another immortal. Sophie, Joan & Flamel arrive to save Scatty, only to see her pulled into the river by Dagon, Machiavelli’s manservant.Using her aura, Sophie tracks her brother to the catacombs, where Dee has convinced Mars Ultor to awaken him. After a battle, Flamel & the twins escape from the catacombs, straight into a trap set by Dee and Machiavelli; the gargoyles and statues of Notre Dame have come to life and attack them. Their combined powers defeat the statues and they escape to London by train. But what will be waiting for them when they arrive?Don’t let young people have all the fun – these books are a great read for adults too!

⭐Brilliant author. Very interesting stories and good deep plots. Throughly enjoyed reading these books. I’ve got to book 5 I think and I’ve got board. It seems like one big story from book 1 that they’ve just had to split into a number of books because they’ve ran out of pages. There isn’t any real differences in plots or story when you start the next book, it’s like you’ve just started a new chapter where usually with books in a series, the next book is based months/years later. Hopefully I’ll pick up the next book soon as I’ve bought them all. Not rated it lower as I have enjoyed the books.

⭐I am reading my way through this series of books and they had me hooked from the first page. I was looking for something new to read (and to be honest I am thinly read so if it does not grab me in the first few pages then its a no go) and found these. I thought I would give it a try and its Nicolas Flamel and his name is mentioned in the first Harry Potter book and film.I have not looked back from that point and I have now go 4 people after me reading these that are just as hooked as I am. These are very easy to read books that keep you hooked. I was going to put some of the series on my Christmas List but decided against it as I could not wait.Give them a try you wont regret it.

⭐This book was also superbly written. I read this book as I have also read book 1 the Alchemyst and I was entranced from the start. I was a bit worried that book 2 the Magician would be unable to live up to the Alchemyst but I needn’t of worried. This book was not disappointing in any shape or form. Brilliant. A big thank you to Michael Scott for delivering another marvellously written book. I’d recommend this book to anyone who loves reading fantasy and magical book’s. There’s no age limit on this sort of book . The only limit is one’s own mind.

⭐this series of books is grteat for both children an adults alike. better than potter,an a film maybe in the making. magic,suspense,witches, magicians the lots in these books. m scott uses history too using real places. two children one silver an one of gold, one to save the world, one to end it. its a carnt put down sort of read. all i can say is buy it, or yr missing out on some really good reading material.

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