the+magician

=__The Magician__=

I love this book. It is a lot better than the first one. I love the suspence and how it just gets better and better.

Author **:** Michael Scott Genre **:** Fantasy Setting **:** Present day France Main Characters : Josh, Sophie, Nicholas, Dee, Niccolo

Summary of the Plot

The magician is an adventure story that takes place in present day France, where two men who work for Dark Elders ,Dee and Niccolo try to capture a boy named Josh to get his powers awakened so he can help the dark elders regain their powers and change the world. Josh's twin sister Sophie has already had her powers awakened and has been trained in the magic of air and is going to get trained in the magic of fire. A man named Nicholas is trying to protect the twins. There is a prophesy that tells of twins with pure gold and silver auras who can either help the world or destroy it. Dee stole The Book Of Abraham The Mage from Nicholas and without the potions in the book, Nicholas ages a year for everyday. (Nicholas is over 600 years old.) Josh ripped out 2 pages of the book (the final summoning) and without those pages the dark elders won't be able to come back.

Josh, Sophie and Nicholas go to the Eiffel Tower to meet a man Nicholas used to teach, named Saint Germain, who will train Sophie in the magic of fire. At the Eiffel Tower, Niccolo sent some men to go and capture Nicholas as Saint Germain brought the twins to his house to protect them. Nicholas runs away but the men Niccolo sent, caught up to him. They make him lay on the ground and without them knowing, Nicholas used magic and suddenly ants crawled all over the men. They fell to the ground and Nicholas got away to go to Saint Germain's house. Nicholas knew the house was being guarded so he waited until night-fall to go back. At Saint Germain's, not only does Sophie get taught in the magic of fire but she also gets taught how to control her aura by Saint Germain's wife Joan (Joan of Arc). One night, three magical creatures called Vylcaries come and bring another terrible magical creature called Nidhog. It destroys Saint Germain's house completely, then runs away.

Josh goes out to follow Nidhog who runs to the river where Dee and Niccolo were waiting. They persuaded Josh into coming with them. They went into a secret entrance to the catacombs of Paris. Meanwhile at Saint Germain's, Sophie used her powers to track Josh to the secret entrance to the catacombs, which Nicholas opens for them. Josh, Dee, and Nicclo arrive at a door, the entrance to a dark elder will awaken Josh's powers. Sophie, Joan, Saint Germain, and Nicholas come in to find Josh getting awakened. Nicholas uses magic on the dark elder and causes him to fall through the floor. They all escape safely. Then Dee and Niccolo set loose gargoyles on the others. Sophie and Saint Germain use magic to destroy the gargoyles (cold wind, hot fire). The next day Sophie, Josh, and Nicholas get on a train and head for England in hopes they can find someone to teach Josh and Sophie in another element of magic.

=Evaluation= I loved the book! It's a great book and I would recommend it for anyone. There is a lot of adventure and fun. I could not stop reading it. It was my favorite book of the series so far. I loved the magic of it. I liked how the author made me feel what the characters felt. I can't wait to read the next one!

=Links=

This is the authors website. If you want to see it [|click here]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #af1d26; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reviewed by Christina D'Ovidio