Nicholas and the Krampus

by Michael Scott

Genres: YA Action & Adventure; YA Paranormal; Holiday books; YA Fantasy

Synopsis

Nicholas Flamel appeared in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series—but did you know he really lived? And he might still be alive today! Discover the truth behind Michael Scott’s New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel with “Nicholas and the Krampus,” an ebook original short story.

Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have rescued the world from destruction countless times over—but can they save Christmas as well?

Now, that lost story is told. . . .
 
It is the first Christmas after the end of World War II, and something evil is moving through New York. The ancient immortal human Sinter Klaas, better known as Kris Kringle, is being hunted by a terrifying horned creature: the goat-demon called the Krampus. When the Flamels receive a desperate call from their old friend Kris, they must devise a plan to trap the monster—and get it all done before Christmas Eve.

“Fans of adventure fantasies like Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series will eat this one up.” —VOYA

Read the whole series!
The Alchemyst
The Magician
The Sorceress
The Necromancer
The Warlock
The Enchantress

Release date: January 19, 2021

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Print pages: 20

Sample

My dearest Virginia,

Wishing you a belated Happy Christmas and the very best for the coming year.

Apparently, the holiday of December 1945 is already being called the Greatest Christmas Celebration. And why not? The war is over, there is the promise of lasting peace, and the troops are coming home. A couple of months ago, the US military started a program called Operation Magic Carpet, designed to get as many of their eight million service men and women home in time for Christmas. Over twenty thousand now return every day, and more are on the way. Everyone wants to help the war heroes reach their homes, no matter where they are, and I have heard stories of ordinary people driving the men and women hundreds of miles just to reunite them with their families. The roads out of every port city are experiencing the worst traffic jams in living memory.

What a time to be alive!

I am over two hundred years older than you, and even though we have lived so long and seen so much, the last few years have been difficult. All of us—human and nonhuman alike—did our bit to bring this terrible war to a conclusion. Scathach’s stories could fill volumes, and Joan and Saint-Germain were instrumental in the liberation of Paris. We have not heard from Aoife since the Battle of Stalingrad, but Scathach assures me that her sister is alive. Will Shakespeare has promised to write about his experiences with Palamedes in MI6 during the Blitz, ...