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Staph

(6,377 posts)
25. I needed an escape (don't we all!)
Mon Dec 21, 2020, 12:27 AM
Dec 2020

and started The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. I think that I first heard about the series in one of these weekly "what are you reading" posts. The books, in order, are The Alchemyst, The Magician, The Sorceress, The Necromancer, The Warlock, and The Enchantress.

From Wikipedia:

The main story arc charts the adventures of fifteen-year-old American twins, named Sophie and Josh Newman, whose regular lives working at their summer jobs (Sophie works in a coffee shop, Josh in a bookstore) are turned upside down by the arrival of Dr. John Dee. Dr. Dee engages the bookstore owner, Nick Fleming, in a battle of magic in an attempt to steal an ancient book, The Book of Abraham the Mage (a.k.a. the Codex) from him.


Nick Fleming turns out to be Nicholas Flamel, and there are dozens of other Elders (mythological beings from the days before humans) and immortals with familiar names from all cultures around the world.


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on the list to be sure.... dhill926 Dec 2020 #19
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The first one hermetic Dec 2020 #4
On Kindle VA_Jill Dec 2020 #5
That becomes a series hermetic Dec 2020 #9
I just got that one. I read the Kindle sample and decided I needed to read it nt yellowdogintexas Dec 2020 #27
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Pretty intense, huh? hermetic Dec 2020 #10
Harry Potter. nt in2herbs Dec 2020 #7
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Book 2 of The Witcher series...Sword of Destiny. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2020 #8
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Cool hermetic Dec 2020 #14
Working on my 100 Best Horror List exboyfil Dec 2020 #16
Wow, 93. hermetic Dec 2020 #18
It is exboyfil Dec 2020 #20
I read that when it first came out. Scared me. I mean really freaked me out. Well written. Midnight Writer Dec 2020 #22
Still on Death at the Seaside by Frances Brody The King of Prussia Dec 2020 #17
Yes, you too hermetic Dec 2020 #21
I'm not sure how alarming it is The King of Prussia Dec 2020 #24
Gah! I just read hermetic Dec 2020 #30
Native Tongue by Hiaasem SheltieLover Dec 2020 #23
I needed an escape (don't we all!) Staph Dec 2020 #25
I just finished "Razor Girl" by Carl Hiassen. yellowdogintexas Dec 2020 #26
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