Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the humani race.
year: 2012
call number/section: 5, 1000
subjects: flamel, nicolas, d. 1418, juvenile fiction, machiavelli, niccol?, 1469-1527, dee, john, 1527-1608, fiction, alchemists, juvenile fiction, supernatural, brothers and sisters, twins, fiction, siblings, alcatraz island (calif.), juvenile fiction, san francisco (calif.), fiction