The Warlock (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Book 5) 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 five of Michael Scott’s New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. The Oaths: Many have made them. The Betrayals: Almost as many will undo them.The twins of prophecy have been divided–the end has begun. Josh Newman has chosen a side, and he will not stand with his sister, Sophie, or the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel. He will fight alongside Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare. With San Francisco on the bring of ruin at the hands of Machiavelli, and Billy the Kid, Scatty, and Joan of Arc in another dimension called the Shadowrealm, the world stands at the edge of destruction. It is up to Sophie alone to find her twin before the battle begins pr all is lost—forever. “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel has everything you loved about Harry Potter, including magic, mystery, and a constant battle of good versus evil.”—BustleRead the whole series! The Alchemyst The Magician The Sorceress The Necromancer The Warlock The Enchantress

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⭐I love this series of books. This is the second time I have read these stories. Reading them a second times makes me fall in love with the series all over again. I get up in the morning, grab my Kindle and I am doing what I fell in love with in my youth — READING.

⭐”Follow your hearts. Protect one another, trust one another, because, at the end of the day, all of these people want something from you, or want you to do something for them, or be something that you are not. Your only responsibility is to one another.” – Niten the Swordsman, also known as Miyamoto Musashi, to Josh and Sophie Newman in The NecromancerWhen Niten spoke to words to Josh and Sophie, the both agreed with him. For Josh, Niten’s words echoed almost exactly what he had been thinking privately for days. Unlike his twin, Josh Newman had been mistrustful of the immortal humans, Next Generation and Elders almost from the moment, just a week ago, when he and Sophie discovered they existed. Yet a mere twenty-four hours after agreeing with Niten wholeheartedly, Josh would turn his back on his sister, leave her behind in favor of escape with the immortal humans John Dee and Virginia Dare – who have, up until now, been the twins’ enemies. He may have chosen to leave of his own free will, or he may have been influenced by Dr. Dee’s very persuasive lies and powerfully compelling spells (Dr. Dee is the Magician, after all). He might even be yet under the control of Mars Ultor, the Elder who awakened him. Josh’s motivation is unclear, but the result is not. The struggle to determine the fate of humanity and the world is drawing perilously close and Josh and Sophie Newman, the gold and silver twins of legend, are standing on opposite sides.After six hundred years, it seems that Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel must surely fail. They have lost the Codex – the Book of Abraham the Mage – and with it the formula for immortality. With each passing day the Flamels age and weaken; the constant demand on their auras over the past week has only hastened their inevitable demise. Josh’s betrayal, whether voluntary or not, spells doom for humanity and it is this blow, after the many risks and sacrifices, that has stolen the last of Nicholas Flamel’s power. He now lies unconscious and it is unclear whether he will ever wake again.Perenelle Flamel must now face the horrors of Alcatraz – and the end of the human world – without Nicholas by her side. Before his failure to capture the Newman twins and kill the Flamels made him an outlaw with his Dark Elder masters, Dr. John Dee imprisoned a collection of monsters – creatures that represent the very darkest of humanity’s fears – on Alcatraz Island in preparation for setting them loose on San Francisco and the rest of the world. Perenelle is determined to eliminate that looming threat before another servant of the Dark Elders can set the plan in motion. But she never expected to be so very alone.Scathach and Joan of Arc disappeared while passing through a leygate between Paris and San Francisco. Perenelle believes they were cast back in time, but in actuality they have travelled to a Shadowrealm created by the mysterious hook-handed man. After seeking assistance form Tammuz the Green Man – Palamedes’s Elder Master – the Comte de Saint-Germain, Palamedes and William Shakespeare have been flung into the same Shadowrealm to be reunited with Scatty and Joan. The hook-handed man, who calls himself Marethyu (the ancient word for death) tells Scathach, Joan, St. Germain, Palamedes and Shakespeare that they must travel back in time, to the very battle that caused the destruction of Danu Talis. If the ancient island kingdom, which has also been known as Atlantis, does not fall, the world of humans will never have had the chance to exist.In the California of the present day, Perenelle’s possible allies have fared no better. Aiofe of the Shadows, Scathach’s twin, sacrificed herself to drive the Archon Coatlicue back into her Shadowrealm prison. The two are now locked in eternal combat, sealed in a world that holds only darkness. Prometheus, the Elder who taught Josh Newman Fire Magic, exhausted himself when he helped Nicholas and Perenelle track the boy into Dee’s lair using an ancient crystal skull. He now has so little power left that his own Shadowrealm is disintegrating around him. So Perenelle fears she must fight the next battle alone, as she has always known she would. Almost seven hundred years ago, the hook-handed man foretold the child Perenelle’s future, and with it, the future of the world. She has always known what she must do, now it only remains to do it.Events race toward what must surely be an explosive conclusion in this, the penultimate novel in Michael Scott’s series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. A combination of myth and legend and folktale with the very best of urban fantasy, this series has been exciting and compelling and surprising and all sorts of other `ings’ right from the very start. The characters are rich and complex, it is virtually impossible to tell who, if anyone, is being entirely truthful. In The Warlock, Mr. Scott does a masterful job drawing all of the story threads – both major and minor – together, just in time for The Enchantress, the sixth and final novel, which is due for publication in the summer of 2012. The last time I waited this anxiously for a series finale, it was 2007 and the book was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

⭐Husband loves this series

⭐THE WARLOCK is the fifth in the series of novels comprising “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel,” yet it does not conclude the series, for a sixth and final novel entitled THE ENCHANTRESS is promised in 2012. The five extant books in the series comprise an on-going chronology and should be read in their intended order if one is to follow the plot intelligibly. Consequently, if one is considering the purchase of this book, either for personal reading pleasure or as a gift for a follower of fantasy/science fiction novels, I highly recommend acquiring the entire series, the earlier books of which include THE ALCHEMYST, THE MAGICIAN, THE SORCERESS, and THE NECROMANCER. None of these novels can really stand alone, for the beginnings (except for THE ALCHEMYST, of course) will be rather confusing if one has not read the previous volume, and none of the endings provides any denouement or satisfying resolution to the on-going tale since it continues in the subsequent volume.One or two of the earlier books in the series disappointed me in that, despite a copious amount of action, they all seemed to be “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” (to quote Macbeth). The furious activity did not appear to advance the story line in any meaningful way. Perhaps an appropriate metaphor might be that of a powerful car stuck in the mud, its engine roaring and its wheels spinning madly–and going absolutely nowhere. In THE WARLOCK, however, those wheels find purchase, and the car moves onward at a fairly good clip. The non-stop action is there, and the story line advances as well, which is precisely why I have increased my three-star rating of the previous book to a four-star rating for this one.As noted in several other reviews, the action in THE WARLOCK may appear disjointed to some readers because several action lines have evolved in the course of the series and are now being followed in an alternating manner. However, each occupies its own discrete chapters, and I seldom felt adrift as to where (and when) I was in the course of the overall story line.As several other reviews also note, while this series is aimed at more youthful readers, it can be equally entertaining to adults who enjoy a bit of light reading in a fantasy/science fiction vein. Let us call it “recess reading” in between more serious stuff. Each book is a very fast read, even for a leisurely reader, and one or two sittings will usually finish it off. Scott’s Nicholas Flamel books will likely never enter the lists of classical science fiction, but they are an entertaining diversion from daily travail for all who enjoy this genre of literature.One last thought if I may: In an afterword, Scott briefly explains some of the mythological references that he drew upon when creating the flying craft that he calls vimanas, but he omitted my favorite one. By all means, do not overlook Chapter 1 of The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament of the Judeo-Christian Bible (preferably the King James Version). Ezekiel gives us as good a description of a flying craft as anything in von Daniken’s CHARIOTS OF THE GODS and could easily inspire descriptions of Scott’s vimanas.

⭐I really enjoyed the way the series way written. And the inter action between the characters.

⭐I bought these for my grandson. He’s already read the first three and could hardly wait for these. They were delivered on time and in the condition promised.

⭐I have very much enjoyed the series until this point but felt a little let down by this one. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still good but it’s clear The Warlock is the build up to the end of the series. In terms of what actually happens there isn’t really that much. It focuses much more on the history of the mythology, a mixture of mythology’s from all over the world, and on how the characters are developing and connected to each other. In fact it seems that every character has a link with another that you wouldn’t forsee.I like how it flitted between several stories but it seemed to lack the plot of the others. I was expecting another huge battle at the end but it just didn’t materialise. And Nicholas Flamel has suddenly become a fairly minor character which is disappointing considering the series takes his name.It won’t be until the series is complete that this book’s full value will be known but I feel that it’s the calm before the storm. It’s good as a continuation of the series but if it was a one-off book I would be really slating it now.

⭐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 was so hooked on the sry that i read all 5 including this one. Full of actions makes a good read.

⭐Probably the best series of books I’ve had the pleasure of reading.The use of real historical people, places, myths and legends is inspired. It has prompted me to google and learn so many fascinating stories and biographies that I would have otherwise been ignorant of.Roll on 2012, although that will mean the end of this wonderful series, will just have to re-read (again).

⭐All as described, happy with the product

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