Contains a collection of eight short stories set in the world of Michael Scott's series, "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel." First, Nicholas and his wife, the sorceress Perenelle, discover the Codex, the book that holds the key to immortality. Next, Black Annis arrives in Paris to bring death upon the city's residents, and Machiavelli is the only one who can stop her. Then, an immortal human named Virginia Dare must stop the Pied Piper of Hamlin from gaining control of the New World colonies. Later, the Flamels are contacted by immortal human Sinter Klaas, better known as Kris Kringle, who is being hunted by a terrifying horned creature: the goat-demon called the Krampus. Finally, Billy the Kid and Scathach the Shadow join forces to defeat the vampyres who control the city of Las Vegas.