Michael Scott

Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe! Discover the truth in book six of Michael Scott’s New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.

The Location: The home of the Elders.
The Time: The last day of Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel's long existence.
   The two...

No collection of nautical fiction would be complete without the inclusion of "Tom Cringle's Log", a novel that, along with the works of Marryat, became a cornerstone of the genre upon its publication some 150 years ago. Told in Scott's irresistible and immediate style, the novel follows the life of young midshipman Tom Cringle: his imprisonment in occupied Germany by Napoleon's forces, his West Indian cruise on the Torch, a British man-of-war, his...

Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.

The perils of the colonial Caribbean depicted in Scott's fiction-including slavers and pirates-came from the author's experience. Michael Scott's first book, Tom Cringle's Log, was a series of sketches, but this second naval adventure is a tense novel-length saga. Critics have compared Scott's writings to Marryat, Cooper, and even Dickens.

Rick McGraw Tiffany Hart She wanted to escape her loveless marriage to an abusive husband. He wanted to fill an emptiness that had been missing for years. A shared passion would bring them both together. But will the past come between them and tear them both apart. Tiffany Hart suffered emotional and physical abuse for years. Her only out was attending the local wrestling shows on Saturday nights. She often fantasized what it would...

The musical child of Russia's golden age, Sergei Rachmaninoff, was the last great romantic. Scorned by the musical establishment until very recently, his music received hostile reviews from critics and other composers. Conversely, it never failed to find widespread popular acclaim. Michael Scott's book investigates Rachmaninoff's intense and often melodramatic life, following him from imperial Russia to his years of exile as a wandering virtuoso and...

I had no small difficulty in carrying this point, as the extreme insalubrity of the climate, the chance of being plundered by the semi-piratical foreign slavers, to say nothing of the danger of a treacherous attack on the part of the natives themselves, weighed heavily against my going in my worthy uncle's mind; but I had set my heart on it, and where there's a will, there's a way. I will not conceal, however, that after all, when it came to the point,...

A captivating short story taken from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written and illustrated by two great Irish talents in children's fiction today On the day of the Winter Solstice, all the birds of Ireland assemble before the wise old Barn Owl to choose their ruler by a trial of flight. When Iolar the Golden Eagle, the largest and most powerful bird there, is challenged to the title by the tiny and mysterious Dreolin the Wren, his feathers aren't...

The finish of the naval battle of Salamis. The stabilization and the lead up to the Battle of Plataea, the final battle on the Greek mainland. The finish of the Battle of Plataea and the pledge made there.

Events leading up to the Battle of Marathon including the mystery of Marathon. Why did the Athenians call for help, then attack the much larger Persian army at Marathon without waiting for that help? The Battle of Marathon.