The Alchemyst (01) by Michael Scott

Author:Michael Scott [Scott, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nicolas, While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, Sophie and Josh, 1. Flamel; Nicolas; d. 1418—Juvenile fiction.; 2. Dee; John; 1527–1608—Juvenile fiction.; "1. Flamel, fifteen-year-old twins, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life., d. 1418—Fiction. 2. Dee, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, 1527–1608—Fiction. 3. Alchemists—Fiction. 4. Magic—Fiction. 5. Supernatural—Fiction. 6. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 7. Twins—Fiction. 8. San Francisco (Calif.)—Fiction."; I. Title.; The Magician; Magician; The Sorceress; Sorceress; Alchemyst Books; Alchemist; Alchemist Books; Secrets of Nicholas Flamel; Secrets of Nicholas Flamel books; Secrets of Nick Flamel; Nicholas Flamel Books; Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel; Alchemyst Game; Challenges of the Elder; Machievelli; Compte de St. Germain; Compte de St. Germaine; Elders; Codex; Joan of Arc; Joan D’arc; Scathach; Billy the Kid; Harry Potter; Percy Jackson; 39 Clues; J.K. Rowling; Mythology; Fantasy; Fantasy books, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, John
Published: 2011-01-12T07:00:00+00:00

especially the value of patience. The scholar in him enjoyed the experience of standing on the roof of the tallest building in Paris, and he wished he’d brought his sketch pad with him. He contented himself with looking around, committing everything he saw to his incredible memory. He recalled a recent visit to Florence. He had gone there to examine the diaries of Leonardo da Vinci. They were written in a strange cipher which no one had been able to break: it had taken him less than an hour to crack the code—no one had realized that Leonardo had written his diaries not only in code, but in mirror image. The diaries were full of many amazing drawings for proposed inventions: guns that fired many times, an armored coach that moved without the need of horses, and a craft that could sail beneath the sea. There was one, however, that particularly interested Dee: a harness that da Vinci claimed would allow a man to take to the air and fly like a bird. Dee had not been entirely convinced that the design would work, though he wanted nothing more in the world than to fly. Looking out over Paris now, he began to imagine what it would be like to strap da Vinci’s wings to his arms and sail out over the roofs.

His thoughts were interrupted as a flicker of movement caught his attention. He turned to the north, where a shape was moving in the night sky, a black shadow trailing scores of smaller dots. The smaller shapes looked as if they could be birds . . . except that he knew that birds rarely fly at night.

Dee knew immediately and without question that this was what he had been brought up here to meet. He concentrated on the larger shape as it came closer, trying to make sense of 185

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