What if Nicholas Flamel, probably the most famous alchemist ever to live, is still alive today having taken the elixir of life ever since the 1400’s? In this novel, he is alive and living in San Francisco where he protects the most powerful book in existence, the Book of Abraham the Mage. In the wrong hands, this book could be used to destroy the world. Teen twins Sophie and Josh Newman are prophesized to be the only ones who can help Flamel save the world.