"Do not attempt to capture or imprison Perenelle. Do not talk to her, bargain with her or reason with her. Kill her on sight. The Sorceress is infinitely more dangerous than the Alchemyst."

Published by Random House on May 26th, 2009
ISBN-10 : 0385735294
ISBN-13 : 978-0385735292
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Nicholas Flamel's heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being the twins of prophecy, and Flamel had to protect them and the pages from the Dark Elders.

But Nicholas grows weaker with each passing day. Perenelle is still trapped in Alcatraz, and now that Scatty has gone missing, the group is without protection. Except for Clarent - the twin sword to Excalibur. But Clarent's power is unthinkable, its evil making it nearly impossible to use without its darkness seeping into the soul of whoever wields it.

If he hopes to defeat Dee, Nicholas must find an Elder who can teach Josh and Sophie the third elemental magic - Water Magic. The problem? The only one who can do that is Gilgamesh, and he is quite, quite insane.

Nicholas Flamel must take a gamble and take the twins Josh and Sophie Newman to London, where the oldest immortal human lives, master of the element of water, Gilgamesh the King; despite that he can not use them, he can still pass on his knowledge to an awakened human.

But before they go to him they encounter flesh-eaters: The Hooded Ones. If Gilgamesh refuses to teach the twins Water magic the twins will be unable to find the ley lines that lead back to San Francisco, and will be trapped in Dr. Dee's hands, in his hometown London, which is where he is his strongest, and the twins of legend will be captured.