After all the commotion Dee succeeds in abducting Perenelle and getting the book, except for the last two pages that Josh held on to. He realizes this and seeks the help of the dark elders, who want to destroy the world to return to the period where humans are but slaves. Flamel, having read the book himself, believes that the prophecy "the two that is one and the one that is all" in the book speaks of Josh and Sophie. He asks for Hekate's help, an elder, to awaken the twin's powers. But Dee would attack them again leaving Hekate no time to awaken Josh's abilities. This allowed Dee to tempt Josh of joining him when they again see each other, saying he knows elders who can awaken him. Josh almost agrees, but realizes he will lose Sophie if he joins Dee. At the final battle they barely escape using a teleportation device called a leygate and find themselves in Paris, Nicholas Flamel's old home.
I find it exciting to read real life people characterized in books, much like the stories about Da Vinci in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci code. The plot is based on rumors about Flamel's greatness at the time when he lived, with people saying he succeeded in making the elixir of life.
The story itself has some holes. What was so important with the last two pages of the codex that Dee can't do what they intend to do? And why was Flamel still completely reliant on it if he has lived more than 600 years making the elixir of life? He should have remembered by now how to make it by heart, yet he worries that if he doesn't retrieve the book he will soon wither and die. It didn't help that the story is a bit stagnant and predictable at times.
I appreciate the spinoff that Michael Scott had put with the real characters, but it did not compel me to buy the rest of the series. I find it enjoyable, just not enough to get hooked with it.
