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.
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, Palamededs, and Shakespeare. The group 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.
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.
In the fifth installment of this bestselling series, the twins of prophesy have been divided, and the end is finally beginning. With Scatty, Joan of Arc, Saint Germain, Palamedes, and Shakespeare all in Danu Talis, Sophie is on her own with the ever-weakening Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel. She must depend on Niten to help her find an immortal to teach her Earth Magic. The surprise is that she will find her teacher in the most ordinary of places.
My thought
What is a warlock and what makes you a warlock. Then, the twins make a decision, not the most important of them all, but one that is guiding them to fulfill their destiny. This book gets Mars Ultor into action. Since Mars wants to get revenge on Dee for almost "killing" him. I also liked how the battle between the dark elders and Nicholas Flamel for the Codex is really HUGE and none of the humans are noticing it. This classic good vs. evil story is filled with history, mythology, legend, fantasy and adventure. I love this series! When I picked this book up, I didn't want to put it back down. The growth of the characters and their adventure throughout the story leaves the reader with a desire for more.
If you are a Harry Potter or Percy Jackson fan, this is a must-read! The first book is called The Alchemyst.
Quotes
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
“The day we stop learning is the day we die.”
“Video et taceo,” he said. “What’s that supposed to mean?” she said, impatient. “It is the motto of someone I once loved. It means ‘I see and say nothing.’ So why don’t you take that advice—shut up, watch closely and say nothing.”
“I need you to be courageous, Sophie. The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.”
“It is better to exist unknown to the law.”
“These poor beasts are driven solely by their need to survive and to feed. It is their nature, and their nature has made them predictable. But man, on the other hand, has the capacity to change his nature. Man is the only animal that can destroy the world. Beasts live only in the present, but humans have the capacity to live for the future, to lay down plans for their children and grandchildren, plans that can take years, decades, even centuries, to mature.”
“It is better that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
“‘The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.”
Nicollo Machiavelli“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.
‘there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’ ”
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
