Books like The Magician (Secrets Imrtl Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott

When Nicholas Flamel leaves Ojai, he and his family—sisters Sophie and Josh Newman, friend Scatty, and their guardian Perenell—arrive in Paris, a city now riddled with foes. The legendary alchemist faces a new threat: the immortal author and collector Nicolò Machiavelli, who seeks the Book of Abraham. Without the book, each day accelerates their aging and weakens their powers. The prophecy grows clearer as Flamel’s magic falters, and Sophie must learn the second elemental magic, fire, from an unlikely mentor, the old student of Flamel, the Comte de Saint-Germain—an alchemist, magician, and rock star. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Sophie and Josh must work together, or their rivalry could doom them both. This installment of the Adventures of the Immortals series blends fantasy, magic, and historical intrigue as the family navigates Paris’s treacherous streets, confronts Machiavelli’s schemes, and races against time to secure their legacy and the future of humanity.

First publish date: 2008