This post concerns a book that should be read by those 600 years old or over.
Or at least, that’s the recommendation made to us from the world of Nicholas Flamel, an extraordinarily old bookseller-turned-alchemist. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel tells the story of Flamel, who discovered the book of Abraham the Mage several hundred years ago and has been using it to brew an ever-changing life-extending potion. Of course, that isn’t all he’s up to. What else is happening? Only the potential destruction of the world. You see, The Book of Abraham tells of a set of twins who will either destroy the world or save it, and Nicholas thinks he may just have found those prophesized siblings.
The Nicholas Flamel series follows the twins, Josh and Sophie Newman, and Nicholas as he attempts to safeguard them from the many parties who would do them harm (or harness them for their own purposes), train them to discover and use their magical abilities, and keep safe the Book of Abraham. That’s a lot of work for a man closing in on his 700th birthday.
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Or at least, that’s the recommendation made to us from the world of Nicholas Flamel, an extraordinarily old bookseller-turned-alchemist. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel tells the story of Flamel, who discovered the book of Abraham the Mage several hundred years ago and has been using it to brew an ever-changing life-extending potion. Of course, that isn’t all he’s up to. What else is happening? Only the potential destruction of the world. You see, The Book of Abraham tells of a set of twins who will either destroy the world or save it, and Nicholas thinks he may just have found those prophesized siblings. The Nicholas Flamel series follows the twins, Josh and Sophie Newman, and Nicholas as he attempts to safeguard them from the many parties who would do them harm (or harness them for their own purposes), train them to discover and use their magical abilities, and keep safe the Book of Abraham. That’s a lot of work for a man closing in on his 700th birthday.
More after the jump…
You can find excerpts to the three published Nicholas Flamel books on the Secrets of Nicholas Flamel Website. If you're already a fan, then you'll probably want to get a sneak peek at the newest book, The Sorceress.
So c'mon - discover a new series (because, really, there's nothing quite like getting lost in a long-running story, is there?). Read an excerpt from the first novel to the right, pop over to the website for more (excerpts, videos, games, interviews, sandwiches*) And if you've got a favorite series you'd like me to try out, why don't you tell me about it in the comments section?
Still want more? Oh okay. Check out the video trailer below. Feast on the free-ness!
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So, what exactly does J.K. Rowling have to say about this? Seeing as how the name of the main character, indeed, even his defining trait, immortality, are a direct rip-off from Harry Potter.
Actually, Ms. Rowling swiped this from a number of other sources - Nicholas Flamel was an actual person about whom a number of rumours and myths abound, including his creation of a Philosopher's Stone and the immortality of Nicholas and Perenelle. He isn't one of her creations, so I'm pretty sure that Ms. Rowling is quite thrilled to have more of these type of stories becoming popular.