Questa serie segue lo straordinario viaggio di gemelli comuni che vengono inaspettatamente trascinati in un mondo di antica magia e alchimia. Affrontando potenti esseri e organizzazioni segrete che competono per il controllo globale, devono maturare a un ritmo accelerato. Scoprono segreti nascosti, potenti artefatti e combattono per la salvezza dell'umanità. È un racconto epico di coraggio, amicizia e scoperta del proprio vero potenziale.
The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects - the Book of Abraham the Mage. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. That's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. Humankind won't know what's happening until it's too late. And if the the prophecy is right, Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones with the power to save the world.
He holds the secret that can end the world. The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly seven hundred years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life. The records show that he died in 1418. But his tomb is empty. The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. But only because he has been making the elixir of life for centuries. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects - the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. That's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. Humankind won't know what's happening until it's too late. And if the prophecy is right, Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones with the power to save the world as we know it. Sometimes legends are true. And Sophie and Josh Newman are about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time.
After fleeing to Ojai, then Paris, and escaping to London, Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home. And after everything they've seen and learned in the past week, they're both more confused than ever about their future.
Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award, 2012. Fans of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series will be breathless in anticipation of this thrilling penultimate chapter in Sophie and Josh's adventures. The twins of prophecy have finally been divided. The end is near. In Alcatraz, Machiavelli and Billy the Kid are following the Elders' plans to unleash the monsters of Alcatraz on the city of San Francisco, triggering the end of the Humani race. In the Shadowrealm, warriors -including Scathach and Palamedes- have been summoned to travel back in time to destroy the lost city of Danu Talis. The island must fall to save the modern world. In San Francisco, Josh has chosen a side - and he will not stand with his sister, Sophie, or the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel. He has chosen to fight alongside John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare. Sophie must find her twin before the battle begins. If she fails, all is lost forever...
The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world, one to destroy it. But even with the help of two of the greatest warriors from history and myth, will the Sorceress and the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is it the beginning of the end of the human race?
Lange bevor die Zwillinge Sophie und Josh Newman in unserer heutigen Zeit auf den unsterblichen Nicholas Flamel trafen, kämpften einige den Lesern wohlbekannte legendäre Gestalten bereits gemeinsam gegen die Mächte der dunklen Seite. Nun werden die wahren Geschichten endlich erzählt. Was geschah tatsächlich am Tag der Hinrichtung von Johanna von Orléans? Starb sie in Rouen auf dem Scheiterhaufen oder hatte eine andere Figur die Hand im Spiel? Und mit wem verbündete sich Billy the Kid im Kampf gegen die blutrünstigen Vampire von Las Vegas? Dazu gibt es jede Menge Hintergrundmaterial und ein Lexikon mit allen wichtigen Personen und Orten aus der Welt des unsterblichen Alchemysten.
Twins Sophie and Josh are caught in the struggle between Nicholas Flamel and John Dee over the possession of a book of secret formulas, continue their magical training in Paris, pursued by Machiavelli, and go to England to learn Water Magic.