The Alchemyst
Twin 15-year-old siblings Sophie and Josh Newman take summer jobs in San Francisco
across the street from one another: she at a coffee shop, he at a bookstore owned
by Nick and Perry Fleming. In the vey first chapter, armed goons garbed in black
with "dead-looking skin and... marble eyes" (actually Golems) storm the bookshop,
take Perry hostage and swipe a rare Book (but not before Josh snatches its two
most important pages). The stolen volume is the Codex, an ancient text of magical
wisdom. Nick Fleming is really Nicholas Flamel, the 14th-century alchemist who
could turn base metal into gold, and make a potion that ensures immortality.
Sophie and Josh learn that they are mentioned in the Codex's prophecies:
"The two that are one will come either to save or to destroy the world." Mayhem
ensues, as Irish author Scott draws on a wide knowledge of world mythology to
stage a battle between the Dark Elders and their hired gun.Dr. John Dee.against
the forces of good, led by Flamel and the twins (Sophie's powers are "awakened"
by the goddess Hekate, who'd been living in an elaborate treehouse north of San
Francisco). Not only do they need the Codex back to stop Dee and company, but
the immortality potion must be brewed afresh every month. Time is running out,
literally, for the Flamels.
The Magician
The immortal human Nicholas Flamel; Scathach, the veggie vampire warrior; and the
mortal twins of legend, Josh and Sophie, are still on the run from the malicious
Dr. John Dee. Flamel retains two of the pages of the legendary Book of Abraham,
and Dee will do anything to get them. After hopping a ley line to Paris, our heroes
barely escape the machinations of Dee's partner in crime, Niccolo Machiavelli. While
finding shelter with fellow immortals (Joan of Arc turns out to be a particularly
helpful ally), Josh attempts to deal with the fact that his twin sister is now
incredibly powerful. Having had her powers "awakened," Sophie's new abilities make
him surprisingly jealous.a fact that Dee may find useful.
The Sorceress
Adding to the series' menagerie of immortal humans ("humani") and mythological
beasts, the book picks up where The Magician left off: the immortal Nicholas Flamel
(of The Alchemyst) and the twins, Sophie and Josh, have just arrived at St. Pancras
international train station in London. Almost immediately, they're confronted with
a demonic bounty hunter that immortal magician John Dee has sent their way. At the
same time, Dee's occasional cohort, Niccolo Machiavelli, decides to focus his
energy on Perenelle Flamel, the Alchemyst's wife, who has been imprisoned at
Alcatraz since the beginning of the series. In this book, Perenelle gets a chance
to show off her sorcery and resourcefulness, fighting and forging alliances with
ghosts, beasts, and the occasional Elder to try and find a way out of her predicament
and back to Flamel.
The Necromancer
Nicholas Flamel is dying, and the spell from the Codex that renews his immortality
is in the possession of the evil John Dee. Reunited with his wife, Perenelle, Flamel
hopes to use his remaining power to prevent the monsters now on the island of Alcatraz
from escaping. Meanwhile, Machiavelli and Billy the Kid have come to San Francisco
to achieve the opposite, releasing the monsters to destroy the city. Twins Sophie
and Josh are also back in San Francisco, where Sophie is kidnapped by Aoife, the twin
sister of Scathach, the Celtic warrior who had been protecting them. Josh is beginning
to doubt whether he is on the right side of things. John Dee is now persona non grata
with the Dark Elders, having failed to capture the siblings in London. Trying to
escape his inevitable judgment, Dee teams up with Virginia Dare to find his way to
Josh so that he can train him as a Necromancer. With this power, Josh can raise
Coatlicue, the Mother of All the Gods, from the dead, and thus allow Dee to take over
the world himself.
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