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'''''The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel''''' is a series of 6six books by Irish author Michael Scott. It's a contemporary fantasy that is set in modern day San Francisco at the beginning of the series, but also feautures other locations throughout the world, as well as various [[Pocket Dimension|Shadowrealms]].

''The Alchemyst'', the first book in the series, begins in San Francisco when twins Josh and Sophie Newman discover that the owner of the bookstore where Josh works is the immortal French alchemist, Nicholas Flamel. Flamel and his wife, Perenelle, are the guardians of the Book of Abraham, a collection of the most powerful spells in the world, which they have protected for centuries. When Dr John Dee discovers the Flamels whereabouts, he attacks and snatches the book to help his masters, the Dark Elders, cause [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]. Josh and Sophie intervene to help Flamel, but now they too are being hunted by Dee and creatures that predate humanity.

[[Film of the Book|A film version]] has been announced, with [[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Lorenzo]] [[The Matrix (Film)|di Bonaventura]] having purchased the rights. Michael Scott and Barry Krost will be the executive producers, but the scriptwriter has not yet been chosen.

Not to be confused with a [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and Thethe Philosopher's Stone (novel)|certain other fantasy book with Nicholas Flamel]].

* [[Anti -Villain]] - Machiavelli is the closest this series has. Josh actually says that he would trust Machiavelli the most because the guy happens to be the only one who is an immortal, and has give Josh an honest answer to anything. And {{spoiler|Dr. Dee in the Enchantress switches from full on villain to an anti-villain once he's left to die by his masters, Osiris and Isis}}

* [[Badass]] - Many characters qualify, including but not limited to Niten, Joan of Arc, Mars Ultor, Billy the Kid (see [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]] below), Palamedes, and Virginia Dare. Scathach arguably exceeds the label of Badass.

* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]: So very many historical characters are actually immortals starting with the title character and his wife but other major characters include John Dee, Niccolo Machiavelli, Joan of Arc, William Shakespeare, Billy the Kid, and Virginia Dare.

* [[Brother -Sister Team]] - Sophie and Josh.

** [[Sibling Yin -Yang]] - As Sophie puts it, she got the 'thinking' genes, and Josh got the 'doing'.

* [[Cast Fromfrom Hit Points]]: Magic uses up the caster's aura, which is tied to life force. Using too much magic for your body to handle could result in [[Spontaneous Human Combustion]].

{{quote| Josh: "And I suppose if we didn't find any werewolves we could just make a salad!"<br />

* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]] - Billy The Kid threatening {{spoiler|his master, Quetzalcoatl}} with an axe. Considering the [[No Immortal Inertia|potential]] [[Rapid Aging|consequences]], that took balls.

* [[EndoftheThe End of the World Asas We Know It]] - The return of the Dark Elders would be this.

** {{spoiler|Mars, at least until book 5}}.

** In book 3, {{spoiler|Dee's master threatens him with being trapped in a diseased, weakened, aged body for eternity. This comes to partial fruition in the final book.}}.

* [[Half -Human Hybrid]] - Bastet, the Sphinx, and probably a few other Dark Elders. {{spoiler|This is later revealed to be part of The Change.}}

* [[Have You Come to Gloat?]] - Used several times.

* [[Hazardous Water]] - Dee, Virginia and {{spoiler|Josh}} on the boat ride to {{spoiler|Alcatraz}} in "The Warlock."

* [[Historical in In-Joke]] - Every immortal human to appear so far is a notable historical figure, and the dangerous magical creatures Dee has unleashed to help him capture the Flamels have been responsible for a number of historical disasters.

** [[Immortality Inducer]] / [[The Ageless]] - The Elixir of Life has given the Flamels life eternal, though they need to keep taking it regularly or they will rapidly age to death.

** The Flamels are closer to this than to [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]; they accept the ''chance'' that they might die, but don't actually dislike living forever. It helps that they have [[Eternal Love]].

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Osiris and Isis turn out to be Josh and Sophie's parents at the end of ''The Warlock''.}}

* [[Playing Withwith Fire]] - The Comte de Saint-Germain.

* [[Rent a -A-Zilla]] - The second book gives us the Nidhogg, who starts out as an oversized Komodo Dragon but soon begins walking on two legs like Godzilla and smashing buildings and cars in Paris.

* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Duel]] - {{spoiler|Aoife}} does this to a certain Archon in ''The Necromancer''.

* [[Shout -Out]] - {{spoiler|Billy the Kid}} in "The Warlock" begs to [[Clash of the Titans|release a kraken.]]

* [[The Unpronouncable]]:

** Tsagaglalal.

* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] - {{spoiler|The Flamels}}, as well as many other characters.

* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] - {{spoiler|Scatty (suggested), Gilgamesh}}

* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: In ''The Sorceress'', the Dark Elders become frustrated with Dee's failure to retrieve the Codex, and they mark him as an outlaw.

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