Meanwhile, Nicholas' wife, Perenelle Flamel, who had been captured, is taken to Alcatraz as a prisoner. Instead, it captures Scathach in its claws, but flees with Scathach when the ancient sword Clarent, wielded by Josh, wounds it. The monster was freed after Dee destroyed Yggdrasil and attacks Scathach but fails to slay her. The Disir are ancient enemies of Scathach and bring along the soul-devouring Nidhogg, a ferocious monster once trapped in the roots of Yggdrasil – the world tree. Josh, Joan, and Scathach encounter three Disir, more commonly referred to as Valkyries. Clarent is an ancient Fire Elemental sword. Josh is given the legendary stone sword Clarent, twin blade of Excalibur, by Nicholas. Saint-Germain's wife, Joan of Arc, helps Sophie to learn to control her aura and to sort out the Witch of Endor's memories from her own. The twins seek out a friend and student to Nicholas, Comte de Saint-Germain, who teaches Sophie to use the elemental magic of Fire. Machiavelli is plotting to capture the twins and Flamel with the missing pages of the Codex – or Book of Abraham the Mage – before Dee can arrive in France from San Francisco. They now face Niccolò Machiavelli and his colleague, but also rival, John Dee, who both work for the Dark Elders. Sophie and Josh Newman – 15-year-old twins – are in Paris with the alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, and his friend, Scathach. In his own time, he was always principally known as 'The Magician.'"
"Dee had so many talents, he could have been any of the characters – indeed, I have written elsewhere that he was the original hero of this series.
The book's title, The Magician, refers to the villain, John Dee, who works for the Dark Elders and for their return to dominance on Earth. It was nominated for an Irish Book of the Year Award, The Dublin Airport Authority Irish Children's Book of the Year – Senior Category. It was released on 5 June 2008 in the United Kingdom, and 24 June 2008 in the United States.
It is the sequel to The Alchemyst, and the second installment in the six part book series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Magician) is a fantasy novel by Michael Scott.
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