Septimus heap
Septimus Heap is the name of a seven-part fantasy series by Angie Sage . The individual titles in the series are called Magyk , Flyte , Physic , Queste , Syren , Darke and Fyre .
overview
The seven-part series of novels is about Septimus Heap , who as the seventh son of a seventh son has special magical powers. On his training path to become an extraordinary magician , he experiences adventures in which he is supported by family members, ghosts and many other characters. Especially his adoptive sister Jenna , who is also a princess, is also in mortal danger.
The entire story takes place in a fictional, magical and medieval world, in the center of which there is a castle with Jenna's palace and Septimus' magician's tower .
The books landed on international bestseller lists and have now been translated into 28 languages. It was also proposed for the 2006 Youth Literature Prize.
It is characterized by the humor, the realistically drawn world and the abundance of characters. It has often been compared to Harry Potter .
The books
1. Magyk
The first book Magyk was published in English in March 2005 and in German in August 2005.
The story tells of Septimus Heap and his family and Princess Jenna . In this volume, Septimus discovers his magical powers and, together with his friends, can crush the plans of the evil wizard DomDaniel .
2. Flyte
Flyte was published in English in March 2006 and in German in August 2006.
In this part, Septimus' brother Simon Heap tries to kill Septimus and the extraordinary sorceress Marcia with DomDaniel's help .
3. Physic
The antagonist of volume three, Physic (March 2007), is the 500-year-old ghost of Queen Etheldredda , who was accidentally freed from Silas Heap. She has Septimus captured by her immortal son Marcellus Pye , who sends Septimus back 500 years in time. There Septimus becomes the apprentice of the young Marcellus Pye, who is a brilliant alchemist. For him, Septimus, the seventh of a seventh, is supposed to expand the immortality potion to include eternal youth. Jenna, Nicko, and the northern trader Snorri also travel in the past to bring Septimus back.
However, the living Etheldredda drinks the unfinished elixir. Marcellus then lets Septimus and Jenna go. However, Nicko and Snorri are late and are left with the past. In the present, Septimus brews the youth elixir for Marcellus as a thank you and uses his alchemical knowledge to fight an epidemic caused by Etheldredda. Marcia destroys Etheldredda's ghost when she tries to kill Jenna.
4. Quest
The fourth volume Queste (April 2008) describes the journey to the Foryx House , where all times meet. Jenna and Septimus want to bring Nicko and Snorri back to their time there.
At the same time, Septimus has to complete a deadly quest, from which many died before, and which was threaded by the spirit Tertius Fume . Jenna and Septimus manage to reach the Foryx House with the help of Septimus friend Beetle and others, which also turns out to be Septimus Queste's goal.
There, Septimus meets the first Extraordinary Magician Hotep-Ra, who solves the riddle of the quest. But since the five cannot return from the Foryx House, she frees Marcia together with fire-breathing and brings everyone back to their correct time.
5. Syren
The fifth book in the series was published on September 29, 2009 in the USA. The German version was published on August 16, 2010.
The point is that Septimus wants to pick up his friends in an old fishing hut with his kite. The dragon crashes on the way back over a lonely island on which a siren is up to mischief. The Cerys , Jenna's father's ship, is lured by the siren and runs aground. On board the Cerys there are genie warriors who are supposed to subvert the castle via a secret ice tunnel. The plan almost succeeds, but Septimus' own Djinn, which he got from Aunt Zelda, can freeze her. The genie also overpowers the siren and Septimus and his friends can drive back to the castle, where they are met by Marcia.
6. Darke
Darke , the sixth volume in the series, was published in German on September 29, 2011. It is about the Dark Week Septimus', a phase in the teaching of every exceptional apprentice.
Meanwhile, Merrin Meredith has set up a dark field in the palace, which Jenna is very worried about, why she asks Beetle for help. This recognizes the situation and alerts Marcia and the magicians of the castle erect a protective wall around the palace so that the dark field does not spread any further. But Merrin's ghosts manage to break through it and the dark field spreads over the whole castle, except for the protected wizard's tower, and all unprotected residents fall into a kind of trance. Septimus tries to save Alther Mella's ghost, whom Marcia has accidentally banished to the dark halls, and goes to this dark magic place. He can free Alther, but his hands are tied too.
Merrin Meredith has now created a terrible dark dragon, but is defeated by Septimus on fire-breathing. Septimus steals the paired secret formulas from Merrin , with which Marcia, with the help of Simon Heap , with whom his siblings have reconciled, can speak the reversal spell , just as the protective wall of the wizard's tower is breached. The castle is now saved and freed from the dark field.
7. Fyre
The final seventh volume was published on April 16, 2013 in the original English and on September 30, 2013 in German.
After Septimus, Jenna and Beetle are 14 years old, they take on important roles in their magical world: Beetle is chief magician in the manuscript, Princess Jenna is crowned queen, and Septimus fights resolutely against the remains of the dark sphere. To destroy the power of the double-faced ring, he unleashes the magic of all magics: Fyre. Only when he can prove his skills and his loyalty to the Extraordinary Sorceress Marcia Overstrand and the alchemist Marcellus Pye will he become the 777th Extraordinary Magician.
Characters
Offshoot
The Magykal Papers
The Magykal Papers contains private notes by Jenna, Marcia and Septimus, as well as numerous cards, Alther Mella's instructions on how to be dead and other additional information about the book.
The Dark Toad
An e-book novel for Amazon Kindle . Published February 2013. It takes place between Magyk and Flyte and reports on DomDaniel and the Porter witch circle.
TodHunter Moon Trilogy
Seven years after Fyre, Septimus Heap is the Extraordinary Magician and Marcia Overstrand has retired. The main character is Alice Todhunter Moon, who becomes Septimus' new apprentice.
Pathfinder (October 2014)
Seven years after the events of the original Septimus Heap series, PathFinder tells the story of Alice TodHunter Moon, a young pathfinder who leaves her seaside village in search of her friend Ferdie. Rumor has it that Ferdie was kidnapped by a mysterious creature named Garmin on the orders of the evil lady.
SandRider (October 2015)
The young pathfinder Alice TodHunter Moon sets out into the desert of the singing sands to get the Orm's egg.
StarChaser (October 2016)
All magic comes from the large lapis lazuli stone under the magic tower. But in distant lands the rock crumbles. The destruction will not stop at the castle and with it the magic tower will lose its magic. The Orm Egg, which Alice Todhunter Moon saved from the evil wizard Oraton-Marr, was the keystone that held the magic in place. But it is no longer there. A new keystone is needed. Alice Todhunter Moon goes on a dangerous journey to find a new keystone.
The fantasy world
The story takes place in a fictional medieval world. Maps are printed in each of the volumes showing important places in the world.
The castle
The castle is the series’s main play area. It is located on an island in the river and houses the magician's tower, the palace and the anwanden. Under the ground there are secret ice tunnels that can be entered through hatches in various buildings.
The Wizard's Tower is the abode of the Extraordinary Sorceress Marcia Overstrand, her apprentice Septimus and all common wizards. It was built by Hotep-Ra and is 23 stories high. A golden pyramid adorns its top. Special magical powers emanate from him.
The palace is the residence of the princess and her family. It has many secret rooms like the princess chamber and a secret passage in the Marram Marshes. There is also an allegedly cursed Paion in the palace garden.
The anwanden is a large, intertwined housing unit where most of the castle's residents live.
The surroundings of the castle
The Marram Marshes stretch south of the castle . They are dangerous because they harbor many creatures such as brownlings and pythons. The guardian Zelda Heap, who guarded the old dragon boat here, lives on one of the numerous islands. The Marram Marshes are surrounded in the north by the idiot Ditch and resemble a huge swamp landscape.
The castle forest is northwest and is just as dangerous. The Wendron witches, wolverines and carnivorous trees live here. But some heap sons, shape shifters and the herb woman Galen also live there. Secret paths lead from the forest to other forests and also to the foryx house.
Other places
The Foryx House is a magical building in a snowy forest. It was built by Hotep-Ra and in it the times flow together. It can only be reached via a narrow and long bridge.
Port is a town south of the seaside castle. This is where the big ships land and all kinds of rabble hang around.
The wastelands are a desolate, rocky and hilly area on the northern border. Here DomDaniel built his observatory and Simon Heap planned his vengeance. They are also dangerous, as landworms roam around and eat anything that is not safe at dusk.
Peru and the Fiji Islands are also mentioned as distant countries.
The Siren Islands, the Star Island and the Katzenfels lighthouse lie between the land mass on which the Foryx House is located and that on which the castle and the wastelands stand.
Reviews
"With Septimus Heap, the magical seventh son of a seventh son, Angie Sage has created an original, highly independent character in the 'Harry Potter' era."
"Gripping like Potter"
“In this novel, Angie Sage pulls out all the stops. Pure magic! "
"An enchanting story that reminds me of Michael Ende with its lovable characters."
"Imaginative, exciting and funny at the same time!"
Film implementation
The film rights of the first volume Magyk are with Warner Brothers .
Individual evidence
- ↑ CHILDRENS'S BEST SELLERS: May 14, 2006 . In: The New York Times . May 14, 2006. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ German Youth Literature Prize
- ↑ TodHunter Moon, Book One: PathFinder - Angie Sage - hardcover . In: HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher . ( harpercollins.com [accessed October 26, 2018]).
- ↑ Mark Zug: Todhunter Moon: Sandrider . Bound for Schoo edition. TURTLEBACK BOOKS, 2016, ISBN 978-0-606-39255-6 ( amazon.de [accessed October 26, 2018]).
- ↑ StarChaser (TodHunter Moon, # 3). Retrieved October 26, 2018 .
- ↑ "Figure map" of the magician tower ( memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.1 MB)
- ↑ "Figure map" of the palace ( memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.1 MB)
- ↑ Figure map of the forest ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.2 MB)
- ↑ Viewed on septimusheap.de April 2009
- ↑ Septimus Heap: Quest. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2008, p. 511.
- ↑ a b c Septimus Heap: Magyk blurb. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2005.
Web links
- septimusheap.de - Website of the German edition (Carl Hanser Verlag)