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velvetpageI just finished reading "The Alchemyst," by Michael Scott, first in the series called "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel."
It was excellent. Scott wove history and mythology from around the world into a cohesive the-world-is-not-as-it-seems fantasy. The characters include, not just Flamel and his wife (who is more powerful than he is) but also Dr. John Dee, Elizabethan magician and astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I, Hekate, the Witch of Endor, Bastet, the Morrigan, and the Warrior Maid. Also a set of twins, Josh and Sophie, who in true high-fantasy fashion, are just normal teens working summer jobs when they're pulled into the story and discover they're actually the keys to saving or destroying the world.
The next time I buy books (a few weeks away at least, seeing as how I bought four on Friday and haven't finished Skybreaker yet from before that) I'm buying the rest of this series. The cliches - and there are plenty - are made up for by the quality of the writing and the fast pace of the story.
It was excellent. Scott wove history and mythology from around the world into a cohesive the-world-is-not-as-it-seems fantasy. The characters include, not just Flamel and his wife (who is more powerful than he is) but also Dr. John Dee, Elizabethan magician and astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I, Hekate, the Witch of Endor, Bastet, the Morrigan, and the Warrior Maid. Also a set of twins, Josh and Sophie, who in true high-fantasy fashion, are just normal teens working summer jobs when they're pulled into the story and discover they're actually the keys to saving or destroying the world.
The next time I buy books (a few weeks away at least, seeing as how I bought four on Friday and haven't finished Skybreaker yet from before that) I'm buying the rest of this series. The cliches - and there are plenty - are made up for by the quality of the writing and the fast pace of the story.