The Magician

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Book 2

By: Michael Scott

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter - but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe! Discover the truth in book two of the New York Times best-selling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.

The enemies: Dr. John Dee and Niccolo Machiavelli.

Their plan: Steal the rest of what Nicholas Flamel has fought to protect.

John Dee has the Book of Abraham the Mage, which means the world is on the brink of ruin. Except he's missing two crucial pages, pages that Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and the legendary warrior Scatty have taken to Paris.

But Paris is teeming with enemies - and old acquaintances like Nicollo Machiavelli. On the run and with time running out for Nicholas and his wife, Perenell, Sophie must learn the second elemental magic: Fire Magic. And there’s only one man who can teach it to her: Flamel’s old student, the Comte de Saint-Germain - alchemist, magician, and rock star.

"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel has everything you loved about Harry Potter, including magic, mystery, and a constant battle of good versus evil." (Bustle)

Listen to the whole series!

• The Alchemyst
• The Magician
• The Sorceress
• The Necromancer
• The Warlock
• The Enchantress

Pssst! Listen to more Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.

©2008 Michael Scott (P)2008 Listening Library

can't wait to read the next book, it's awesome!

it's the best book ever I'm still going to read the next one next book comes tomorrow can't wait!! OMG

Great series overall

A lot of repeating the character information, however the whole series is very good and fun listening.

loved it

this was one of my first audio books when I discovered I didn't have the second book in this series. it was beautifully read and a great story. I'm quite sure I'll be listening to books 3-6 even though they're beautifully sitting hard copy on my bookcase

captivating !

Would you listen to The Magician again? Why?

I didnt read the first book but enjoyed this one and look forward to the series!

What did you like best about this story?

clever development of charachters

Which scene was your favorite?

the book store

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

pretty close

Any additional comments?

entertaining I

Great story, tolerable narration

Good fun story that kept the whole family engaged and was sufficiently enjoyable enough to ensure our purchase of the next book in the series.

Narration was generally good but some very questionable accents and a few absolutely horrible voice choices (Mars the God of War had a high, petulant, reedy, whiny voice that was so terrible it made me want to scream) detracted somewhat from the experience. But over all, it is still well done.

Getting better as the books go.

Onto book #3. I really enjoyed books 1&2 although Josh was a bit annoying in The Magician haha.

just plain fun

so far this series has been wonderful. The stories are billed as for the teenage reader, yet even as an adult I think they are fantastic. the way the characters, real people, and characters of myth/ legend are used in the story telling is exciting. Great performance that helps the listener complete his mental imagery.

This is a great book!

This was an amazing book that I really enjoyed. I loved the first book and want to read the next one in the series!!
😆👍

Loved

I really love the story, almost more than the first book. The narrator does such an amazing job with the characters.

Enjoyable all the way around

So... I've barely ever "read" audiobooks. It's a very different way of enjoying a book. In some ways, it's far quicker than if I had simply read a printed book. It also adds a layer to my review: I should comment on the narrator. Erik Singer did an amazing job in reading the book. It was loads of fun to hear all the different voices he used for the different characters. It really made the story come alive.

The story itself... I really enjoyed the characterization. I also liked that things which occurred in the previous book have repercussion in this book. Dee destroyed the World Tree in the previous book and destroy Hecate's shadow realm. He also destroyed four other shadow realms, freed Nidhogg and generally made a few enemies. All of that, I’m fairly certain, will come back to bite him eventually.

Of course, I loved all the protagonists - including Francis and Joan. I didn't quite understand why Scatty screamed - a particularly terrifying scream - when she saw Joan. I mean, a scream of delight or excitement, I could understand. However, no one could mistake that sort of scream for something terrifying. Could they?

One character I enjoyed - which surprised me - was Machiavelli. I'm not one of those people who typically likes the antagonist of a book. However, there's something truly likable about the Italian. Maybe, it's because he and Dee really don't like each other (and I really dislike Dee). Maybe, it's because he’s not completely evil. He's got reasons for what he's doing and I can sympathize. Whatever the reason, Machiavelli became a favorite of mine in this book and I fairly cackled with glee at his last exchange with Dee.

I’ve got the next three books on audiobook and I hope that reader does as good a job as Erik Singer did. I’m pretty sure that they’ll be just as much fun to “read” as the first two books in the series were.