Nicholas Flamel really lived. And his secrets aren't safe. THE PROBLEM: Perenelle Flamel is trapped. WHAT'S WORSE: Sophie and Josh might soon be as well. Paris was destroyed by John Dee and Niccolo Machiavelli, but the missing pages of the Book of Abraham the Mage are still protected from Dee and the Dark Elders. Except Perenelle is imprisoned on Alcatraz and Scatty is missing, leaving a weakening Nicholas as Sophie and Josh's only protection in London, a city Dee has under his control. The only hope of defeating Dee and escaping London is to find an Elder to teach the twins the third elemental magic - Water Magic. The bad news? The lone option is Gilgamesh the King, and he is absolutely insane.