The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Book 4) 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 he might still be alive today!Discover the truth in Michael Scott’s New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel with The Necromancer, book four. Sophie and Josh Newman are finally home, but 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?Read the whole series! The Alchemyst The Magician The Sorceress The Necromancer The Warlock The EnchantressFrom the Hardcover edition.

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⭐”My most pressing concern still lies with the twins. I am no longer sure how they view me. It was always clear that Josh harbored reservations about me, but now I am sensing that they are both fearful and mistrustful. It is true that they discovered portions of my history that I would have preferred be left uncovered. Perhaps I should have been more honest with them. I am not proud of some of the things I have done, but I regret nothing. I did what I had to do to ensure the survival of the human race. I would do it again.” – from the Day Booke of Nicholas Flamel, AlchemystLess than a week has passed since fifteen-year-old twins Josh and Sophie Newman learned that everything they have ever believed is a lie. Six days, and their knowledge of the world has been broken and rebuilt a dozen times. They have both been Awakened – had their incredible talent and power for magic brought to the surface and their senses sharpened to the keenest edge. Sophie has learned three of the Elemental Magics, Josh one. Now, in the company of the immortal humans Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel, the twins have returned to the city where it all began, the very place where last they were normal teens – San Francisco. But it is not just their knowledge of the world that is changing and even here they can no longer pretend to be normal. With each passing day, Josh and Sophie become more aware that no one – none of the immortal humans, nor the Next Generation, nor the Elders they have met – is being completely honest with them. What IS clear is that each faction in the approaching conflict needs the twins, wants to use them for their own purposes. And because of that, Josh and Sophie have no idea who they can trust, or indeed, if they can trust anyone at all.Nicholas Flamel has finally been reunited with his beloved wife Perenelle, but the events of the past six days have left each of them aged and weakened. The Book of Abraham the Mage now seems beyond recovery and in their current state, the Alchemyst has perhaps a week of life left, the Sorceress a little longer. It is unclear whether they will see the outcome of the events they helped to put in motion, but one fact is glaringly obvious. They must gain control of the army of monstrous creatures that Dr. Dee and his Dark Elder masters collected on Alcatraz Island before the beasts and beings can be set upon San Francisco … and the world. They must stop them, even though doing so will no doubt cost them their lives.After failing to capture the twins and kill the Flamels, Dr. John Dee has been declared utlaga – a wolf’s head or outlaw – by his Dark Elder masters. On the run and alone, the Magician has discovered a magic more powerful than even that of the Elders who seek to destroy him. Now it is time for him to formulate a new plan. Callously discarded by those he served faithfully for centuries, Dr. Dee needs only an old ally and a very powerful Archon to make the world his and his alone. But in order to release that Archon, Coatlicue the Mother of the Gods, from her dark Shadowrealm prison, he will also need to sacrifice someone with a very powerful aura to her hunger, a gold aura just like Josh Newman’s.Niccolo Machiavelli and Billy the Kid are also in disfavor with the Dark Elders. They were sent to Alcatraz to kill Perenelle Flamel. Instead she managed to escape – using the boat they arrived in and leaving the two immortal humans stranded. Machiavelli knows, even if Billy The Kid does not, that they must find a way to carry out their mission – and quickly – or they will be in just as much trouble as Dee. The Dark Elders expect obedience, but they demand success.As the Flamels, with the reluctant assistance of Josh and Sophie, prepare for the battle to come on Alcatraz, they must face the fact that they are alone and virtually without allies. Scathach and Joan of Arc have been sent back in time, hurled through a booby-trapped leygate to the San Francisco of the pleistocene era. Sick with worry, the Comte de Saint-Germain has enlisted Shakespeare and Palamedes to stand with him as he seeks aid from Palamedes’s Elder master, Tammuz, in a desperate bid to be reunited with his adored wife and Scatty. As midsummer – and the probable end of the human world – approaches, every life hangs by the slenderest of threads.It really isn’t possible to say enough good things about The Necromancer, or about the entire Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. These books have literally everything you could possibly want in urban fantasy. There is plenty of action, and it’s fast-paced, exciting and germane to the story. The plots are well-woven and carry a handful of story lines that meet and cross in the most unexpected ways. More importantly, this series has truly interesting characters, people who change and grow as the novels progress. Sure, it’s catchy using famous names from the past like Joan of Arc and Shakespeare, but the fact that you know their names isn’t what makes them good characters; how Michael Scott uses and develops the characters – both the famous and the unknown – is what makes these books so compulsively readable. And very few of the humans, Next Generation and Elders you meet along this journey are either all good or all bad. They are far more richly layered than that. Almost all of them have hopes and fears , hidden motives and secret plans.It takes a writer of extraordinary talent (not to mention bravery) to populate a series of Young Adult novels with historical and mythological characters as diverse as Virginia Dare, Miyamoto Musashi, Aoife, Coatlicue, Quetzalcoatl and Prometheus – to use them and to make the story really work, mind you – but Mr. Scott makes it seem effortless and natural. Each book in this top-notch series has been better than the last. Considering the high level of the very first novel, The Alchemyst, that’s saying something. I cannot wait to see how Mr. Scott brings every thing together in the last two volumes. While I can guess at certain possible developments, I have no earthly idea how everything is going to end. For me, that makes these books even more exciting.

⭐**Spoilers ahead** and – this review won’t mean much if you haven’t read the others to know who the characters are that I am talking about…Surprises galore! This was filled with so many wonderful surprises about places, times and characters. We get so much more information about all the characters and the Elders. The dialogue between the characters was wonderful- as always. The plot was fast paced and kept me sitting on the edge of my seat to see what was going to happen next. Mr. Scott tells excellent stories and knows how to weave clues into the smallest things. And there is so much mythology to embrace here – the real historical figures pulled in make this book – and series – a real treat!It wasn’t what I expected. Not that I mean that in a bad way. I did expect to see more necromancy – or really at least some – but unless I misunderstood, Josh calling Coatlique wasn’t really necromancy. So, not seeing too much necromancy was kind of a shock. I would have liked to see more. I also would have liked to see a little more detail on some of the Elders who have now been identified. In the past, we have been given a little information about the mythology behind the Elders – here it at times felt like mere name dropping.It was a great pace – I couldn’t put the book down because it just kept moving us forward. It was great. I hit about chapter 25 (I think) and said “wow” to myself at the end of every chapter after that. I was shocked and amazed (happily, most of the time) at every thing that was happening. I loved the romance behind Germain going after Joan and it seemed a theme (Machiavelli seeming to waiver – and talking about his wife), Perry and Nicholas, Virginia and Dee (in it’s own sick and twisted way)…I admit to being more confused then ever with respect to Flamel’s intention. Although it was telling towards the end when Dee told Josh that he never lied to him only Flamel lied to Josh – but we know for a fact (as seen right before that) that Dee did lie to Josh. It would have been cool to see the “reveal” of the identity of THE necromancer a little earlier, since I almost felt like the title was a little off since that was so far into the book. And darn it, Aunt Agnes… Is she really important? Or not. That’s bugging me (but it’s ok – there are more books to come, I know!) It was interesting to see the word “guardian” used to describe her – when I read the sentence where it says “Some guardian she’d turned out to be!” I myself wondered if there is more to the term “guardian” then just the whole in loco parentis thing and so I can’t wait for the next 2 books to see what’s up with her!Also, the whole time travel thing – making my brain hurt. I don’t do well with books that time travel. So I am a little nervous about the next ones. I am scared that I will get lost and not be able to have the finish of the series make sense to me. Darkness, creepiness, romance… You name it – if I am intrigued I will stick it out. Time travel, however, no so much. I am really worried that I will not really understand what I am reading if the time travel stuff gets too much heavier or too much more detailed. I just hope I am panicking about nothing and that it won’t be too… Well… To complicated.I mean it literally when I said I squealed with delight at the reveal of Musashi. He really is an awesome historical character to have brought in. I love that I am a little confused as to Quetzalcoatl and his role in things to come. And I loved the chat about his plumage! The discussions about the swords added to the story – and it seems like there is more to come – but I got just enough of a taste of them that I am eager for what ever is next. Aoife as a character – was a great addition. There was enough there to make me really like her (regardless of her neutrality) that when she died (if she is really dead) I was totally bummed. But at the same time, I love it when authors have the guts to kill off an important character. There were enough battle scenes to keep things moving. Prometheus is an awesome addition to the character list too – and Josh’s learning of fire is probably now my favorite of the magic learning scenes. I like the addition of the latin/south American mythologies. And the flash backs where we learn so much more about the Witch were great. Now, I just need to figure out where they are all going to lead.The link between Mars and Josh (and the few times that we are told that a person always has some ties to the Elder who awakened him/her was interesting – makes me wonder if without the whole mummy wrapping, what exactly the tie between Sophie and the Witch would be – would it really be any less, since Mars was able to control Josh and he didn’t do anything quite as drastic?) has me thinking – and wondering. Since I personally am not attributing the fact that Mars gave Josh the “gift” he gave as being what made Mars able to control Josh – I think they are different. And, I am left, especially after reading the first chapter of the Warlock – wondering what side Mars is really on. The Witch too.I thought it was much more fun and exciting then the previous installments and I loved them.It was AWESOME!!

⭐I would class myself as a thinly read person (pinching Eddie Izzard comment). A book has to get my gripped from the first few pages otherwise I will put it down and that will be the end of it. This book did get me hooked from the first few lines on the first page and I have problems putting it down.The only other books that have grabbed me in this way are the Harry Potter books and to be honest only reason I bought this book was because I knew Nicolas Flamel from the first Harry Potter book and film.I am really glad that I purchased this book as it has got me back into reading. The story is full of magic and fantastic characters that are so real that you can believe everything that is written. You can feel yourself being drawn in to their world and you wished there was something that you could do to help the characters get through.Don’t think that I can recommend this book highly enough. Buy it – go on you know you want to. I am now off to buy the second book in the series before I run out of pages in book one.

⭐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’ve been following this series by Michael Scott and it’s a really good read. The story follows twins Josh and Sophie as they discover that they are “the two that are one” and have magical powers that get stronger as their journey through the world of myths and magic progress. Each book centres around one of the magical people they meet on their journey, those that are there to help them and those who want to kill them or use their powers for darker purposes.

⭐Daughter whizzed through Harry Potter and was losing hope of finding a new series to love. These fitted the bill!

⭐All as described, happy with the product.

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