The Warlock and The Enchantress

These are the final two volumes in "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" series by Michael Scott. I have read, and in fact own the four earlier installments: The Alchemyst, The Magician, The Sorceress, The Necromancer.  You will probably feel hopelessly lost if you try jumping into the series without having read the preceding volumes. Josh and Sophie are 15 year twins residing with their Aunt Agnes in San Francisco while their parents travel the world on archaeological digs. Josh works in a bookstore and Sophie across the street in a coffee shop. The bookstore is owned by Nick and Perry Flamel, the several-hundred-year-old immortals seeking the "twins of legend," who are--you guessed it--Josh and Sophie. The adventures are fast and furious in what turns out to be a battle for the future of the world as Josh and Sophie know it, being fought by Dark Elders and their minions, versus those magical beings who value the humani (as humans are referred to) and want them to continue existing. Read the earlier reviews to get a sense of the vast cast of characters who enter into this battle. In The Necromancer, Dr. Dee has apparently helped Josh gain the power to bring back the dead, and convinced him the Flamels are evil. This has split the twins for the first time in their lives, and they are now working towards very different ends.  Dee will use Josh, Machiavelli, Virginia Dare, Billy the Kid and others to free the accumulation of mythical monsters and evil forces he has collected on Alcatraz in order to destroy San Francisco. Sophie and the Flamels, who are no longer immortal and powerful, also have allies in trying to stop this, but they seem grossly outnumbered and overpowered. These two volumes are full of surprises though as we find that Aunt Agnes has actually been watching over the twins and their predecessors for thousands of years, Josh and Sophie are not really twins, and their parents are ... well you better dive in for a wild ride and read the series. Will the prophecy really come true about the gold and silver twins--one to destroy the world and one to save it? Is it possible for both to happen? These last two books could probably have been condensed into a single volume, i.e., I think this series went on a bit too long, but I enjoyed it nevertheless and highly recommend if you are a fantasy fan.