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Title: The Warlock - The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Author: Michael Scott
First Edition: 2011
Category: Fantasy, Thriller, Mythology
Pages: 376 (English Edition, 2011)
Synopsis (Spoiler alert!)
Alcatraz: Although their ally Dr. John Dee has been declared utlaga, Machiavelli and Billy the Kid will follow the plans the Elders have laid before them: they will loose the monsters of Alcatraz on the city of San Francisco, thereby triggering the end of the humani race.
San Francisco: The end is finally near. Josh Newman has chosen a side, and he will not stand with his sister, Sophie, or with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel. He will fight alongside Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare. Unless Sophie can find her twin before the battle begins, all is lost - forever. Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel only have one day of life left, and they have to protect San Francisco from de monsters coming from Alcatraz.
Danu Talis: The Shadowrealm that Scatty and Joan of Arc have entered is far more dangerous than they could ever have imagined. And they haven't landed here by chance -the warriors were called for a reason. So were Saint-Germain, Palamedes and Shakespeare- The groups was summoned because they must travel back in time to Danu Talis and destroy it. For the island of Danu Talis, known in humani myth as the lost city of Atlantis, must fall if the modern world is to exist.
My Opinion:
This review will be a bit shorter than my previous ones, because I think I have written all and I don't want to repeat what was already said. This is the fifth book of the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel's Saga, and for my stupor it was very fun for me to read it. But don't read me wrong; I'm still have no interest in knowing how is going to end this story (each time more and more elaborate, intricate and with unexpected interrelations between its characters). If there is one, important, thing that I haven't done with this novel is that I haven't felt identified with any of the characters, or even like them. That feeling, when you read a book, of starting to know the characters and getting involved with them. That feeling of wanting that things work out for them, that everything goes right. In this saga, I wouldn't mind if all die; it will be even better because it will last less (satisfaction that the author denied us since he had the great idea of making all his characters immortals).
In this volume doesn't appear a lot of new actors, but we realized that loads of them were related, and others who we used to think were normal people, turn out to be -surprise- immortals (I'm starting to believe that Michael Scott would like that everyone in the world was immortal, can you imagine the overpopulation?).
Not being this enough for Scott, (to use every famous, historical and mythological person or creature in his book), in this volume they travel back in time, to the past, to avoid the destruction of the world.
Sincerely, I can't imagine what to expect from the next book; spaceship travels, alien life, future travel or maybe to the Middle Earth to ask an Immortal Hobbit for help.
I think Michael Scott forget the meaning of the sentence "less is more".
My mark: 2 out of 5 (I raise the mark because it wasa book fun to read)
(Forgive me if there are grammatical mistakes in the text. If you want to correct me something I'll thank you)
My mark: 2 out of 5 (I raise the mark because it wasa book fun to read)
(Forgive me if there are grammatical mistakes in the text. If you want to correct me something I'll thank you)
