Prologue, Chapters 1-4 Summary

This book is the fifth book in a series about the adventures of Nicholas Flamel and others in his world. The characters in this book either want to save the ancient city of Danu Talis, which would mean the destruction of what is the current world, while others want the city to fall as it did in the past in order to save the present world. The battle has begun over Danu Talis, and this battle will continue into the sixth and final book of the series.

The Prologue is written by Prenelle Flamel on the night that Nicholas Flamel, her husband, might die. He has used the last of his strength to track Josh and Dr. John Dee. Dee had changed the boy into a nechromancer and had him call forth Coatlicue, an Archon. When Sophie, Josh's sister...