The Enchantress the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Review

The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to relieve the world, one to destroy it.

San Francisco:

Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live, and one job left to do. They must defend San Francisco. The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Isle have been released and are heading toward the city. If they are not stopped, they will destroy everyone and everything in their path.

But fifty-fifty with the help of 2 of the greatest warriors from history and myth, volition the Sorceress and the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is information technology the beginning of the cease of the human race?

Danu Talis:

Sophie and Josh Newman travelled ten thousand years into the past to Danu Talis when they followed Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare. And it's on this legendary island that the battle for the world begins and ends.

Scathach, Prometheus, Palamedes, Shakespeare, Saint-Germain, and Joan of Arc are also on the island. And no one is sure what – or who – the twins will be fighting for.

Today the battle for Danu Talis will be won or lost. Simply will the twins of legend stand up together?

Or volition they stand up apart – one to salve the earth and 1 to destroy it?

They say that all good things must come up to an end, and as I pointed out dorsum at the beginning of the twelvemonth 2012 is a yr where many of my favourite series are beingness brought to a shut. Already this year nosotros accept seen published the terminal instalments in M.H. Harris'due south Joshua Files series and the fourth and terminal book in Darren Shan'southward Saga of Larten Crepsley. Later in the twelvemonth the bell will cost for Barry Hutchison'south Invisible Fiends and Anthony Horowitz's Power of V. And at present it is fourth dimension to say a fond farewell to nonetheless another series that has kept me thoroughly entertained for the by few years: Michael Scott'southward The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.

The 6th book in this amazing series, The Enchantress, was published a few weeks ago and William Shakespeare's  archetype line from Romeo and Juliet springs to mind: departing is such sweet sorrow. Sweetness because Michael Scott has brought his epic tale to a brilliant finish, and there is little point in a story if information technology just goes on and on and on without finishing. And sorrow just because it is the end. That's it. No more.

If honey stories that are rich in magic, with a groundwork steeped in folklore and mythology, and y'all have not even so read whatsoever of the books in this serial then stop reading this review now and go out and go your hands on a copy of The Alchemyst. I retrieve exactly where I bought my copy (dorsum when they were beingness published in lovely hardback edition). It was on a day trip to London and my married woman had to drag me off the train when nosotros reached our dwelling house station as I was so totally engrossed in the story. And that feeling of being so totally immersed in the tale that I take almost felt I have been part of it myself is something I have experienced with every one of the subsequent five volumes.

I appreciate that I need to be a little wary with what I write here. For some unfathomable reason, in the Uk at to the lowest degree, this series has not reached the level of popularity of the likes of Percy Jackson or Alex Passenger, merely with rumours circulating about a possible motion-picture show adaptation I feel it is simply a matter of time before this changes, and I would hate to create spoilers for the rest of the serial in this review. What I will say is that this final instalment was everything I wanted it to be and more than. All the loose ends are tied up, and every question I had has been answered (and believe me when I say that there were many of these).

I'm currently trying to imagine how Michael Scott pitched this story to his amanuensis and/or publisher. If someone came to you lot and said that they had an idea for a story that included elements of folklore from effectually the world, fourth dimension travel, shadow realms, Atlantis, and a list of supporting characters (from history and mythology) that included (amongst others) Nicholas Flamel, John Dee, Billy the Kid, Machiavelli, Joan of Arc, Prometheus, Virginia Dare and William Shakespeare, and so that writer said that the half dozen volume story would take place over a time menses of merely eight days, then you would exist forgiven for thinking they were more than than a trivial crazy. And still, Michael Scott has somehow managed to pull of this Herculean feat. Well done and thanks sir!

Despite the vast array of characters there has never been any point in this series where I accept struggled to follow what is happening to one or other of them, and given the multiple plotlines, and the many twists that Scott builds into his tale, this is some achievement on his part. Full marks have to go to the author for the way he has plotted his story - this is a man at the height of his storytelling 'powers', who knows exactly when activeness is needed, and (sometimes more importantly) when it is not, and also the perfect place to insert a cliffhanger earlier cutting to a scene featuring other characters. His characters, every single one of them, have been fully developed over the grade of the 6 volumes, so even when their deportment may initially surprise us, with a little mulling over they quickly make complete sense. And on top of all of this, I totally love his writing of dialogue. Every unmarried character has their own voice, and every single phrase they utter is realistic and believable.

If you have read this series and are still hungry for more from Michael Scott so I recommend you go hold of the two short ebooks he has written featuring characters from the Nicholas Flamel series: The Decease of Joan of Arc and Billy the Child and the Vampyres of Vegas. They are both available from amazon for the kindle and are worthy additions to the series. I read somewhere a while ago that although The Enchantress brings the story to a natural close, in that location will exist more in the time to come (a trilogy I think) set up in the aforementioned earth, and no uncertainty featuring a few familiar names.

I sometimes wonder whether I take spent more fourth dimension reading up on the historical and mythological figures that Michael Scott has included in his six volumes than I have reading the story itself. This is the consequence this story will have on you and I challenge any new reader to the serial not to reach for the encyclopaedia or wikipedia on multiple occasions, to find out more than nigh the likes of Virginia Cartel, John Dee, Aten, Scathach, or Niten. These are the kinds of books that volition have kids drastic to know more than about the many characters, and we all know that kids love mythology.

I gave the outset five books to my godson's brother concluding Christmas, and I recently heard that non only has he read them but as well my godson and their female parent. They are going to be staying with us when they are over in the U.k. from Canada next week, and I think they will be fighting over who gets to read The Enchantress first. I know I dropped everything to read information technology!

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