While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.
Related: Europe, Fiction, Ireland, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- ISBN: 9780385733571
- Author: Scott, Michael Dylan
- Published: 2007
- Themes: Fantasy and magic, San Francisco, Siblings, Supernatural
- Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, Ireland, Young Adult (ages 14-18)