The Alchemist is a novel written in two parts and an epilogue. It revolves around an Andalusian shepherd named Santiago and his quest for his own Personal Legend, which takes him from his village to the pyramids of Egypt. In his travels he meets a series of characters who either directly help him or teach him a valuable lesson by example.

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A recurring dream troubles Santiago, a young and adventurous Andalusian shepherd. He has the dream every time he sleeps under a sycamore tree that grows out of the ruins of a church. During the dream, a child tells him to seek treasure at the foot of the Egyptian pyramids. Santiago consults a gypsy woman to interpret the dream, and to his surprise she tells him to go to Egypt. A strange, magical old man named Melchizedek, who claims to be the King of Salem, echoes the gypsy’s advice and tells Santiago that it is his Personal Legend to journey to the pyramids. Melchizedek convinces Santiago to sell his flock and set off to Tangier. When Santiago arrives in Tangier, a thief robs him, forcing him to find work with a local crystal merchant. The conservative and kindly merchant teaches Santiago several lessons, and Santiago encourages the merchant to take risks with his business. The risks pay off, and Santiago becomes a rich man in just a year.

Santiago decides to cash in his earnings and continue pursuing his Personal Legend: to find treasure at the pyramids. He joins a caravan crossing the Sahara desert toward Egypt and meets an Englishman who is studying to become an alchemist. He learns a lot from the Englishman during the journey. For one, he learns that the secret of alchemy is written on a stone called the Emerald Tablet. The ultimate creation of alchemy is the Master Work, which consists of a solid called the Philosophers Stone that can turn lead to gold, and a liquid called the Elixir of Life that can cure all ills. Santiago learns the Englishman is traveling with the caravan to the Saharan oasis of Al-Fayoum, where a powerful, 200-year-old alchemist resides. The Englishman plans to ask the alchemist the secret of his trade.

As it turns out, the caravan must make an extended stop in Al-Fayoum in order to avoid increasingly violent tribal wars taking place in the desert. There, Santiago falls in love with Fatima, who lives at the oasis. During a walk in the desert, Santiago witnesses an omen that portends an attack on the historically neutral oasis. He warns the tribal chieftains of the attack, and as a result, Al-Fayoum successfully defends itself against the assault. The alchemist gets word of Santiago’s vision and invites Santiago on a trip into the desert, during which he teaches Santiago about the importance of listening to his heart and pursuing his Personal Legend. He convinces Santiago to leave Fatima and the caravan for the time to finish his journey to the pyramids, and he offers to accompany Santiago on the next leg of his trip.

While the alchemist and Santiago continue through the desert, the alchemist shares much of his wisdom about the Soul of the World. They are mere days away from the pyramids when a tribe of Arab soldiers captures them. In exchange for his life and the life of Santiago, the alchemist hands over to the tribe all of Santiago’s money and tells the soldiers that Santiago is a powerful alchemist who will turn into wind within three days. Santiago feels alarmed because he has no idea how to turn into the wind, and over the next three days he contemplates the desert. On the third day, he communicates with the wind and the sun and coaxes them to help him create a tremendous sandstorm. He prays to the Hand That Wrote All, and at the height of the storm he disappears. He reappears on the other side of the camp, and the tribesmen, awed by the power of the storm and by Santiago’s ability, let him and the alchemist go free.

The alchemist continues to travel with Santiago as far as a Coptic monastery several hours from the pyramids. There, he demonstrates to Santiago his ability to turn lead into gold using the Philosopher’s Stone. He gives Santiago gold and sends him off. Santiago begins digging for the treasure at the foot of the pyramids, but two men accost him and beat him. When Santiago speaks to them about his dream vision, they decide he must have no money and let him live. Before leaving, one of the men tries to illustrate the worthlessness of dreams by telling Santiago about his own dream. It concerns a treasure buried in an abandoned church in Spain where a sycamore tree grows. The church is the same one in which Santiago had his original dream, and he finally understands where his treasure is. He returns to Spain to find a chest of jewels and gold buried under the tree, and plans to return with it to Al-Fayoum, where he will reunite with Fatima, who awaits him.

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Alchemyst) is the first installment in the six volume fantasy novel series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.^[1] It was written by Irish author Michael Scott and published in May 2007. The Alchemyst has been translated into 20 languages, and is available in 37 countries.^[2]

The film rights to the series have been sold to Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Title character[edit]

The 'Alchemyst' refers to the historical character of Nicholas Flamel, a French scrivener and manuscript seller. Flamel developed a posthumous reputation for being an alchemist and for his search for the philosopher's stone and immortality.

'The Alchemyst is Nicholas Flamel.'

Plot summary[edit]

Sophie and Josh Newman are 15-year-old twins who are working at their summer jobs in The Coffee Cup in San Francisco (Sophie works at The Coffee Cup, Josh works at the bookstore on the other side of the street) when a mysterious man, John Dee, comes into the bookstore for a book, the Codex – or Book of Abraham the Mage. Josh witnesses both Nick and Perry using magic. He discovers that Nick is not an ordinary bookseller, but is the medieval and the legendary alchemist, Nicholas Flamel, being kept alive by making the elixir of life (a secret from the Codex) for him and his wife, Perenelle. Dee also uses magic and takes the Codex by force while Josh is holding it – resulting in two pages being left behind; 'The Final Summoning' pages that Dee needs to raise the Dark Elders, the beings whom Dee serves, and who have kept him immortal for several hundred years. Both Flamels need the Codex to make the elixir of life, or they will age rapidly and die within a month. Also, if they do not retrieve the Codex, Dee will summon the Dark Elders to destroy the world and return to an age in which humans are but slaves and food.

Flamel quickly takes Sophie and Josh to a hideout to enlist the aid of Scathach, a powerful Next Generation Elder. There, they are forced to run, threatened by rats sent by Dee, which is thwarted by Flamel and Scathach. Chased again almost immediately by tens of thousands of birds, Flamel then leads the twins and Scathach to secure the aid of Hekate, a powerful three-faced Elder, who can awaken the twins' magical potential. Dee discovers this, and enlists the aid of Bastet and the Morrigan. The trio mount a massive assault on Hekate's shadowrealm, to destroy Yggdrasill – the world tree – that is the heart of Hekate's power.

While Yggdrasill is attacked, Hekate awakens Sophie's magic abilities but does not have time to awaken Josh, as the tree has been set on fire by Dee. While she rushes to defend her home, Scathach, Flamel, and the twins attempt to escape the shadowrealm. While escaping, they encounter Dee and witness the power of the ancient Ice Elemental sword, Excalibur. They see Dee transform a wereboar into pure ice, then shatter the statue. Scathach remarks that she thought that Excalibur had been lost when Artorius died.

The twins, Scathach, and Flamel escape the shadowrealm, shortly before the destruction of Hekate, Yggdrasill, and the entire shadowrealm. As they escape, Dee uses Excalibur to freeze the tree, and Hekate, whose life and power is linked to it, transforms to ice as well. As this occurs, Dee is informed that the Flamels and Scathach have escaped with the twins. In his rage, he shatters Yggdrasill, which crushes Hekate into dust, killing her. Flamel, Scathach, and the twins travel to Scathach's grandmother, the Witch of Endor (also called 'The Mistress of Air'), who teaches Sophie her magical secrets quickly by giving the girl all the witch's knowledge and the power to know how to use air magic.

While they are there, Dee has found out that a prophecy in the Codex speaks of Sophie and Josh. He tempts Josh to join him while using necromancy to raise thousands of corpses to assault the Elders, Flamel, and Sophie. Josh almost agrees, but at the last moment, he realizes he will lose Sophie if he agrees. Dee brings all the dead in a nearby cemetery alive and they start to attack them, Josh hits Dee with their Hummer, distracting Dee long enough to escape with Scathach, Sophie and Nicholas Flamel by using a leygate (a teleportation device where two or more lines of energy, ley lines, cross each other) to go to Paris which is Nicholas Flamel's old home. The book ends when Dee surprises them.

Special editions and cover variations[edit]

On 5 August 2010 in the UK, The Alchemyst, was re-released featuring an alternate cover.

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The Alchemyst was released as part of a special edition boxed 3 book set called The First Codex in the US on 28 September 2020

Audio book[edit]

The Alchemyst is also available as an unabridgedaudiobook. It was released by the Listening Library on 22 May 2007 and narrated by Denis O'Hare. The audiobook ISBN numbers are: ISBN0-7393-5032-3 (UK), ISBN978-0-7393-5032-4 (US).^[4]

Award nominations[edit]

• Irish Book of the Year – 2008 ^[5]
• Kentucky Bluegrass Book Award ^[6]
• Rhode Island Teen Book Award – 2008 (Winner)^[7]
• Bisto Book of the Year Award – 2008 ^[8]
• CBI Shadowing Award – 2008^[9]
• Maine Student Book Award – ranked 10th^[10]
• Nevada Young Readers Award^[11]
• NCSLMA YA Book Award – 2010^[12]

Online games[edit]

The first related online game to be launched was The Codex Master.^[13] The object is to get money and guess a secret code composed of a sequence of coloured orbs by inputting various sequences and using logic. When a sequence is entered, indicators show when the player has the right colour and also when a colour is in the right or wrong position to enable them to apply logic and guess the correct sequence.

Film adaptation[edit]

Film rights for the book were originally sold to New Line Cinema and Mark Burnett Productions.^[14] The film is currently in pre-production. This was reported at IMDb. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the writer hired to pen the script was Eric Bress, who has written scripts for the television show, Kyle XY. It was reported that the producer would be Mark Burnett and that he bought the rights to the book in an auction months before it was published.^[14]

In November 2009 it was announced in Variety Magazine^[15] that Lorenzo di Bonaventura had bought the film rights to the series. Michael Scott and Barry Krost will be the executive producers. The script writer has yet to be announced.

'Well, I have been promising news of the Flamel movie. Here's the press release. The movie was set up with New Line, but New Line were absorbed by Warner and the rights reverted to me. There has been tremendous interest in the series and eventually, it went to Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who is the man responsible for bringing Harry Potter to Warner when he was there. He genuinely loves this series. The next step now is to attach a writer - I will not write it, I have 3 more books to do!'

On 20 June 2012 it was announced that the Australian company AMPCO Films had optioned the film. Michael Scott will write the screenplay. Production is due to start in early 2013 and filming will take place in Australia and New Zealand.^[17]Dick Cook Studios had boarded the production of the film by October 2019 with expectations that the film would start production as its second project in early 2021.^[18]

Sequels[edit]

The series continues in the sequel The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel which was released in the UK on 5 June 2008 and on 24 June 2008 in the US. The third book The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel was released on 26 May 2009 in the US and the fourth book was released on 25 June 2009 in the UK The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel followed with its US release on 25 May 2010. The fifth book, The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel was released on 24 May 2011 in America.^[19] The final book in the series,The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, was released 24 May 2012.

References[edit]

1. ^Staff writers. 'Michael Scott-Author spotlight-Random House'. Random House Inc. Retrieved 22 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
2. ^Michael Scott. 'Michael Scott-The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel-The Alchemyst'. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
3. ^Quoted from http://flamelssecret.9.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=284&view=findpost&p=62292^{[permanent dead link]}
4. ^The Alchemyst Audiobook. Amazon UK. ASIN0739350323.
5. ^Staff writer (27 March 2008). 'Book Award Shortlist'. RTE.ie. Retrieved 27 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
6. ^Staff writer. '2009 Master List @ The Kentucky Bluegrass Award'. K.B.A. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
7. ^Staff writer (17 March 2009). '2009 RI Teen Book Award Winner - Press Release'(PDF). R.I.T.B.A. Archived from the original(PDF) on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
8. ^Staff writer. 'Bisto Book of the Year Awards 2008'. C.B.I. Retrieved 22 September 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
9. ^Staff writer. 'C.B.I Shadowing Awards 2008'. C.B.I. Retrieved 22 September 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
10. ^'Maine Student Book Award 2008-2009'. MSBA. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
11. ^Staff writer. 'Nevada Library Association - Nevada Young Readers' Award'. NYRA. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
12. ^Staff writer. 'NCSLMA YA BOOK AWARD 2010'. NCSLMA. Retrieved 27 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
13. ^Random House, Teens (2007). 'The Codex Master Game'. Random House, U.S.A. Retrieved 25 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
14. ^ ^abStaff writers. 'Movie profile: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'. TheMovieInsider.com. Retrieved 22 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
15. ^McNary, Dave (18 November 2009). 'DiBonaventura sets up 'Secret' Company to produce 'Nicholas Flamel' series'. Variety. Retrieved 22 November 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
16. ^Michael Scott. 'Link to his full post'. Flamel's Secret Fan Forum. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
17. ^Patricia McClintock. 'Michael Scott's Best-selling book 'The Alchemyst' getting movie makeover'. Retrieved 24 July 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
18. ^Bulbeck, Pip (21 October 2019). 'Former Disney Studios Chair Dick Cook to Make Two Adventure Films in Melbourne'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 June 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
19. ^Staff writers. 'Product Catalogue'. Random House USA. Retrieved 6 December 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit]

• Official Flamel Forum Author's fan forum.