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The magic book stolen in The Alchemyst is still missing, and time is running out. Teenage twins Sophie and Josh, on the run in Paris, train under a magician rock-star in order to learn to control their powers and help retrieve the book. The story's many point-of-view shifts can be difficult to follow, but the battle scenes, incorporating magic, are exciting.