ASHES TO ASHES . . . CALIFORNIA: THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM THE MAGE HOLDS THE SECRET OF ETERNAL LIFE - A SECRET MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANY ONE MAN SHOULD POSSESS. DR. JOHN DEE IS TWO PAGES AWAY FROM THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WOULD BRING THE DARK ELDERS INTO ULTIMATE POWER - AND COULD MEAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT. TWO PEOPLE STAND IN HIS WAY: JOSH AND SOPHIE NEWMAN. PARIS: TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR NICHOLAS FLAMEL AND HIS WIFE PERENELLE. EVERY DAY THEY SPEND WITHOUT THE BOOK, THEY AGE ONE YEAR: THEIR MAGIC BECOMES WEAKER AND THEIR BODIES MORE FRAIL. NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI, IMMORTAL AUTHOR AND CELEBRATED ART COLLECTOR, WORKS FOR DEE AND IS IN HOT PURSUIT OF THEM - FLAMEL KNOWS THERE S NO TIME TO LOSE AND SOPHIE MUST LEARN ABOUT FIRE MAGIC¿ JOSH AND SOPHIE ARE THE WORLD S ONLY HOPE. IF THEY DON T TURN ON EACH OTHER FIRST. - from Amzon