In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of
symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on
one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces -
Dante's Inferno.
Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples
with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic
art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante's
dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust
... before the world is irrevocably altered.
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Joan of Arc was not burned at the stake in Rouen, France in
1431. She was rescued from certain death by Scathach the
Warrior.
The truth about that day is revealed in the last will and testament of William of York, and it will leave you wondering: does Joan of Arc still walk the earth? Michael Scott¡¯s first-ever exclusive ebook short story delves into the world of the bestselling series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel and offers readers a never-before-seen lost story?the story of two warriors who would become sisters.
The truth about that day is revealed in the last will and testament of William of York, and it will leave you wondering: does Joan of Arc still walk the earth? Michael Scott¡¯s first-ever exclusive ebook short story delves into the world of the bestselling series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel and offers readers a never-before-seen lost story?the story of two warriors who would become sisters.
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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.
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Years before Sophie and Josh Newman met Nicholas Flamel, two legendary warriors fought together for the first time. Billy the Kid and Scathach the Shadow.
Now that lost story can be told . . .
Billy the Kid is immortal. And being immortal means following unpredictable paths. With this exclusive eBook, Michael Scott offers readers a never-before-seen short story from the world of the bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: the tale of how Billy the Kid and Scathach meet for the first time and join forces against the unseen, deadly and eternally hungry vampyres who control the city of Las Vegas--where Scathach must face her greatest fear.
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Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin¡¯s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in **A Feast for Crows**, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.**A Feast for Crows**It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King¡¯s Landing. Robb Stark¡¯s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist?or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces?some familiar, others only just appearing?are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests?but only a few are the survivors.*From the Hardcover edition.*
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The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world, one to destroy it.
San Francisco:
Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live, and one job left to do. They must defend San Francisco. The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Island have been released and are heading toward the city. If they are not stopped, they will destroy everyone and everything in their path.
But even with the help of two of the greatest warriors from history and myth, will the Sorceress and the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is it the beginning of the end of the human race?
Danu Talis:
Sophie and Josh Newman traveled ten thousand years into the past to Danu Talis when they followed Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare. And it¡¯s on this legendary island that the battle for the world begins and ends.
Scathach, Prometheus, Palamedes, Shakespeare, Saint-Germain, and Joan of Arc are also on the island. And no one is sure what?or who?the twins will be fighting for.
Today the battle for Danu Talis will be won or lost.
But will the twins of legend stand together?
Or will they stand apart?
one to save the world and one to destroy it?
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Amazon Exclusive: Michael Scott on Nicholas Flamel and The Codex
At the heart of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel is the ancient book, The Codex, the Book of Abraham. The story begins with the theft of the pages from the book and, as the story progresses, it becomes clear that not only have the Flamels and Doctor John Dee fought over the book for centuries, but that the entire adventure really began centuries ago, when Nicholas bought the book from a mysterious one-handed stranger.
Fantasy fiction is filled with magical books and scrolls, most famously, The Necronomicon in the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The extraordinary and shamefully neglected Clark Ashton Smith created The Book of Eibon, while Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, used the Unaussprechlichen Kulten when he wrote about the Cthulhu Mythos. These are all fictional books--but the Book of Abrahamis different. It really existed.
Like everyone else in the series (with the exception of the twins), Nicholas Flamel was a real man and we know quite a bit about him. He was a poor bookseller and a scrivener. He would have bought and sold manuscripts and also made a little extra money writing letters for people who could neither read nor write. In his own diaries, he tells how he bought a 21-page metal-bound book from a mysterious stranger. We even know the price he paid for the book: two florens, and Nicholas leave us a very clear description of it. "It was not made of paper or parchment, as other books are, but of admirable rinds (as it seemed to me) of young trees."
Nicholas goes on to give a very detailed description of each page. The book was written in a language he could not understand, so he and Perenelle, his wife, set out on a journey across Europe looking for someone who could help them translate the mysterious text. According to Flamel's own account, in the south of Spain he met a man called Master Canches who helped him begin the process of translation. Canches explained that this book contained the secret of alchemy and that if Nicholas and Perenelle were prepared to spend the rest of their lives studying it, then it would reveal wonders to them.
What is clear is that by the time the poor bookseller and his wife returned to Paris, they had become phenomenally wealthy. The Flamels put their money to good use and established churches, hospitals and schools and were so well known and beloved in Paris that there are streets named after them both. The streets exist to this day.
The original of the Book of Abraham is now missing--Cardinal Richelieu is supposed to have had a copy, and in the Flamel's will there is a suggestion that it passed to a nephew, but Nicholas made copies, and these still exist.
Legend has it that The Codex was a book of alchemical formulae--a sort of chemistry text book. And of course it reputedly contained the great secret of alchemy: how to create a lapis philosophorum--a philosopher's stone (which was more of a white or red powder or sometimes a purple glass, rather than a stone). This powder could turn ordinary metal into gold and help to prolong life, making the alchemist virtually immortal.
Did it make the Flamels immortal? Shortly after they died, their graves were opened by grave robbers looking for jewels and fine clothes. The graves were empty. And of course, there are reports of the Flamels appearing all across Europe for many years after their deaths.
I spent many years working as a dealer in rare and antique books--and I loved the idea of not only making a bookseller the hero of a story, but making the story about an antique book. And, before you ask: no, I do not have The Codex.
About the Author
An authority on mythology and folklore, MICHAEL SCOTT is one of Ireland's most successful authors. A master of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and folklore, he has been hailed by the Irish Times as "the King of Fantasy in these isles." Visit him at DillonScott.com.
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Here is the third volume in George R. R.
Martinfs magnificent cycle of novels that includes **A Game of
Thrones** and **A Clash of Kings**. As a whole, this series
comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing
together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue,
romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world
unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic,
George R. R. Martinfs stunning series is destined to stand as one
of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.**A Storm of
Swords**Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in
disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as
alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on
the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven
Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and
disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her
evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North
from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised
Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at Kingfs
Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way
across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys,
mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world....But
as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army
of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of
civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a
supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are
unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one
will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable
storm of swords. . .
