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Zusatztext Praise for The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series: A New York Times Bestselling Series A USA Today Bestseller A Kids' Indie Next List Selection A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age An ILA Young Adult Choice Book An ILA Children’s Choice Winner “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. ”— Bustle ? “ [A] riveting fantasy . . . fabulous read.” —School Library Journal! Starred ? “ Readers will be swept up. ” —Kirkus Reviews! Starred “ Fans of adventure fantasies like Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series will eat this one up. ” —VOYA “An exciting and impeccably thought-out fantasy! well-suited for those left in the lurch by Harry Potter’s recent exeunt. ” —Booklist Informationen zum Autor Michael Scott is the New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, an authority on mythology and folklore, and one of Ireland’s most successful authors. A master of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and folklore, Michael has been hailed by the Irish Times as “the King of Fantasy in these isles.” The Necromancer is the fourth book in the Nicholas Flamel series. Look for book one, The Alchemyst ; book two, The Magician ; book three, The Sorceress ; book five, The Warlock ; and book six, The Enchantress , all available from Delacorte Press. You can follow Michael Scott on Twitter @flamelauthor and visit him at DillonScott.com. Klappentext 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 four of the New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. The Belief: Sophie and Josh are the twins of prophecy. The Reality: Nicholas Flamel has been wrong before. Sophie and Josh Newman are finally home! but they're both more confused than ever about their futures. Neither of them has mastered the elemental magics they'll need to protect themselves from the Dark Elders! they've lost Scatty! Macchiavelli is coming to unleash on their city the menagerie of monsters imprisoned in Alcatraz! and they're still being pursued by Dr. John Dee. And most disturbing of all is that now they must ask themselves! can they trust Nicholas Flamel? Worse! can they trust anyone? "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."-Bustle Read the whole series! The Alchemyst The Magician The Sorceress The Necromancer The Warlock The Enchantress CHAPTER ONE “Never thought we’d ever see this place again.” Sophie Newman grinned and looked at her brother. “Never thought I’d be so happy to see it,” Josh said. “It looks . . . I don’t know. Different.” “It looks the same,” his twin answered. “We’re the ones who’ve changed.” Sophie and Josh were walking down Scott Street in Pacific Heights, heading for their aunt Agnes’s house on the corner of Sacramento Street. They had last seen the house six days earlier—Thursday, May 31—when they had left for work, Sophie at the coffee shop, Josh in the bookstore. It had started as just another ordinary day, but it had turned out to be the last ordinary day they would ever experience. That day their world had changed forever; they too had changed, both physically and mentally. “What do we tell her?” Josh asked nervously. Aunt Agnes was eighty-four, and although they called her aunt, she was not actually related to them by blood. Sophie thought she might ...
