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The Magician
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The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: Book 2

The Magician (2008) (edit title/settings)

by Michael Scott (Author) (edit contributors)

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After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenell is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is teeming with enemies. Nicollo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated... read more

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Sophie and Josh Newman are in Paris with Nicholas Flamel and Scathach, and now face Niccolò Machiavelli, and his colleague and rival Dr. John Dee. The twins seek out a friend and student of Nicholas Flamel named the Comte de Saint-Germain, who teaches Sophie to use Fire magic. De... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Sophie and Josh Newman are in Paris with Nicholas Flamel and Scathach, and now face Niccolò Machiavelli, and his colleague and rival Dr. John Dee. The twins seek out a friend and student of Nicholas Flamel named the Comte de Saint-Germain, who teaches Sophie to use Fire magic. De Saint-Germain's wife, Joan of Arc, helps teach Sophie how to control her aura, and help her sort the Witch of Endor's memories. Josh is given the legendary sword, Clarent, and Scathach and Joan of Arc fear it. They encounter three Disir, more commonly referred to as Valkyrie. The Disir are ancient enemies of Scathach and bring along the soul-devouring Nidhogg, a ferocious monster once trapped in the Yggdrasil. The monster attacks Scathach but fails to slay her. Instead, he captures Scathach in his claws, but flees with Scathach when the ancient sword Clarent, wielded by Josh, wounds it. The monster escapes and flees through the streets of Paris, followed closely by one of the trio of Disir, as well as Josh, who seeks to save Scathach. Meanwhile, inside the house, two Disir duel Joan of Arc and Sophie. After a lengthy battle, Sophie combines her elemental powers of air and fire and freezes the two Disir in an iceberg. Soon after, Flamel deduces what has happened, and Sophie, Joan of Arc, and Flamel pursue Josh. Josh manages to fatally wound the Nidhogg, who is being ridden by a Disir. The Nidhogg flees as its skin begins to turn into magma. As the Disir prepares to kill Josh, Dee arrives and saves Josh by placing a wall of fire between him and the Disir. The Disir, furious, attacks Josh and Dee, who escape back to a car with Machiavelli, and the three drive away, just as Joan and her companions arrive. Joan assaults the Disir while Flamel and Sophie try to save Scathach from being entombed within the Nidhogg's molten claws. Joan easily defeats the Disir and Sophie, at the same time, manages to kill the Nidhogg. As Scathach is pulled clear, Machiavelli's driver, Dagon, attacks her. The driver, who was an enemy of Scathach after she annihilated his entire race, drags her into the Seine, apparently drowning her. Josh is convinced to follow Dee to a Dark Elder who can awaken him. Machiavelli and Dee guide him through the Paris catacombs to the Sleeping God, who is guarded by Phobos and Deimos. The God Awakens Josh, but seeing Josh's true power, grants him a second gift, possibly his memories. As this is happening, Sophie, Joan, Flamel, and Saint-Germain track Josh through the Catacombs, arriving at the cell in which the God slept. Sophie, through the memories of the Witch of Endor, realizes who the Sleeping God is. She sees him as Mars, the defender of Humanity for a very long time, whose son Romulus killed his twin brother Remus. The Witch had loved Mars, but Mars fell into darkness for an unknown reason and became Mars Ultor, the Avenger. Also for an unknown reason, the Witch cursed Mars, turning him into a statue, whose Aura would turn his skin into stone. Sophie then retrieves her newly Awakened brother, but leaves Mars cursed because Mars cannot reverse their Awakenings. Mars, furious, attempts to attack, but Flamel turns the floor into half-melted bone. As Mars attempts to wade through, Flamel and his companions leave. Dee and Machiavelli are ordered by Mars to pursue and capture Flamel, but Dee refuses to do so on Mars' orders. Mars attempts to kill Dee, but is unable to move through the half melted bone, and Dee collapses the ceiling before refreezing it into bone, encasing the War God. Machiavelli is ordered by Dee to travel back after Flamel with him. They raise the gargoyles and grotesques of the Cathedral of Notre Dame to stop Flamel, but fail when Joan puts an arrow through Machiavelli's leg and Josh combines his power with Sophie to destroy the rest of the gargoyles. Flamel then takes the twins to London so that Gilgamesh can teach them the mastery of Water magic. Josh bitterly remarks that Flamel doesn't seem to feel anything at Scathach's drowning this time, and Flamel acts surprised, before telling them that Scathach, being a vampire, did not need to breathe and most likely killed Machiavelli's driver, Dagon.

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  • Sophie Newman: Josh's twin sister, potential unlocked. Trained in the magic of Air by the Witch of Endor and later, Fire by Saint-Germain. One of the twins of the legend, she has a pure silver aura that smells of vanilla ice-cream.
  • Josh Newman: Sophie's twin brother, potential gets unlocked by the Sleeping God, Mars Ultor. His pure gold aura smells of oranges.
  • Nicholas Flamel: Legendary alchemist. Keeper of the Codex, the Book of Abraham the Mage, over 500 years old. Helps train the twins. His aura is green and smells of peppermint.
  • Perenelle Flamel: Legendary sorceress, wife of Nicholas Flamel, over 500 years old. Older than Nicholas.
  • Dr. John Dee: Antagonist of series. He is a necromancer, magician, alchemyst, among many other things. He's the main ally of the Dark Elders.
  • Niccolo Machiavelli: Ally of the Dark Elders. More dangerous and cunning than John Dee himself. Doesn't like Dee, though. His aura smells of snake.
  • Scathach: Legendary warrior and close friend of the Flamels, her nickname is Scatty, Advanced Elder.
  • Joan of Arc: Warrior, close friend of Scathach. She is married to Comte De Saint-Germain. 'Maid of Orleans.' Has a pure silver aura that smells of lavender.
  • le Comte de Saint-Germain: Master of Fire. Husband to Joan of Arc. His aura is red and smells of burnt leaves.
  • Dagon: Close ally and friend of Machiavelli, his chauffeur.
  • The Disir or the Valkyries: Creatures that want revenge on Scathach. They live in the northern cold area. Dressed in white. An army of warriors from all time and history was recruited to vanquish them.
  • Nidhogg: Terrible monster once contained in Yggdrasill, the World Tree that was destroyed, along with Hekate and her Shadowrealm in Book One, The Alchemyst. Is summoned by the Disr.
  • Phobos: Guardian of the Sleeping God, feeds off of fear and panic. Gets trapped in bone.
  • Deimos: Guardian of the Sleeping God, feeds off of fear and panic. Gets trapped in bone.
  • Juan Manuel de Ayala: A ghost of Alcatraz. Presumably the first European who got into Alcatraz island.
  • The Morrigan: Goddess of Birds. She's represented as a crow. Had two sisters: Macha and Nemain.
  • Mars Ultor: An elder; Mars, god of war, called Huitzilopochtli by the Aztecs and former defender of humanity.
  • Areop-Enap: The Spider Elder, extremely powerful.
  • Witch of Endor: The character who taught the magic of air to Sophie. She is the original witch. She's blind (doesn't have eyes), however she is a seer.
  • Hekate: The witch who awakens Sophie's powers. Is destroyed in the first book when Dee stabs Yggdrasil.
  • Richard Newman: Sophie and Josh's father; an archeologist.
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  • Black Annis
  • Dora Witcherly
  • Niccolò Machiavelli
  • Sara
  • Cardinal Richelieu
  • Nicholas Montmorency
  • Warrior
  • Roux
  • Danu Talis
  • Perry
  • Alchemyst
  • Elle
  • Crow Goddess
  • Nick Fleming
  • Francis
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First Sentence edit see section history

The charity auction hadn't started until well after midnight, when the gala dinner had ended.

Table of Contents edit see section history

N/A - Just numbered Chapters

Glossary edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 6 in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. (standard series)

Preceded by The Alchemyst, and followed by The Sorceress.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Michael Scott (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0385733585
Page Count: 496

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.S42736 Mag 2008
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Slightly younger children may enjoy this as well

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

  • Michael Scott's Site: Site with information about this series as well as other works by Michael Scott.

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • The Magicians

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • The Alchemyst

Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • The Alchemyst

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