The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel, by Michael Scott (2007)
I am legend. Death has no claim over me, illness cannot touch me. Look at me now and it would be hard to put an age upon me, and yet I was born in the Year of Our Lord 1330, more than six hundred and seventy years ago. Nicholas Flamel is the greatest alchemist of all time. He can turn ordinary metal into gold, common stones into jewels, and he discovered the secret of eternal life. Living in San Francisco with his wife, Perenelle, Nicholas Flamel will be 677 years old in September. "There will come a time when the Book is taken..." Fifteen-year old twins Sophie and Josh Newman are spending the summer working in San Francisco. Sophie works at a coffee house and Josh works across the street at The Small Book Shop. Unbeknownst to the twins, the owners of the book shop, Nich and Perry Flemming, are really Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel. "...And the Queens's man is allied with the Crow..." Nicholas and Perenelle are ...