A New York Times Bestselling Author -- San Francisco: After fleeing to Ojai, then Paris, and escaping to London, Josh and Sophie Newman are home, and more confused than ever. Can they trust Nicholas Flamel? Alcatraz: Dr. Dee's army of monsters awaits behind bars, and now Machiavelli has come to loose them on San Francisco. Although it might kill them, Nicholas and Perenelle must protect the city. London: Dee has a plan to control the world. But for his plan to work, he must train a necromancer.