Septimus must battle the remnants of the Dark Domaine, which will remain until the power of the evil Two-Faced Ring is destroyed forever. To accomplish that, the ancient Alchemie Fyre must be relit -- a task that sends Septimus to the very origins of Magyk and Physik, testing both his skills, and his loyalties to ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, and Alchemist Marcellus Pye.

When Princess Jenna is pursued by a dark wizard, it is the apprentice, Septimus Heap, who must save her while enduring such terrors as a night in the Forest with hungry wolverines and carnivorous trees.

Pulled through a glass that brings him back in time, Septimus Heap becomes the apprentice of an alchemist.

"Alice TodHunter Moon, now apprentice to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Septimus Heap, must locate the Egg of the Orm--a source of great Magyk--before the baby Orm hatches and imprints on the evil sorcerer Oraton-Marr"--

Once the world was full of dragons, who lived in harmony with humans, and counseled kings and queens. They fought in human battles, and gave humans the most precious gift of all: magic, but after a group of rogue dragons, tried to take over Earth, all dragons were banished to another realm. Most humans forgot about the dragons, claiming they never existed, but 11-year-old Sirin knows the truth; she grew up with stories passed down through the generations,...