The Alchemyst
core novel 2007 The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.87 (169,893 ratings, collected 2026-10-29) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385733571 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman are spending the summer in San Francisco working ordinary jobs, Sophie at a coffee shop and Josh at the bookshop across the street, when they discover that the bookshop’s owner, Nick Fleming, is really Nicholas Flamel, the immortal French alchemist born in 1330. When Dr John Dee, Flamel’s old enemy and servant of the Dark Elders, attacks the shop and seizes the Codex, the ancient book that holds the secret of alchemy and everlasting life, Josh manages to keep two of its pages: the Final Summoning that Dee needs to bring his masters back. Flamel believes the twins may be the Gold and Silver twins of an ancient prophecy, destined to save the world or destroy it, and the three of them flee into a hidden world of immortals, gods and monsters.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
- Series: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel core; position 1 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Michael Scott
Notes
- From the series record (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel): Six novels, Delacorte Press, 2007 to 2012.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: position 1 of 6: next The Magician (2008)
Sources
- Brightly (Penguin Random House): The Alchemyst
- Wikipedia: The Alchemyst
- Stark Library: The First Codex (publisher descriptions)
- Fantasy Book Review: The Alchemyst
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