This is an excellent series, and this book keeps up the momentum. An ancient nasty ghost of a former queen haunts the castle, and a strange pestilence afflicts the population. Septimus Heap begins his study of the art of Physik in an attempt to find a cure. But, of course, more is going on than he bargains for and before long he is swept off into an adventure that wil take the combined resources of himself and his friends to resolve.

The book has tension and poignancy, all nicely set off with the off-beat comic relief of the funny little world of Angie Sage. A delightful read. ( )

As with the first two, Physik is full of adventure for Septimus, Jenna and the rest of the characters. In this outing, Silas Heap unwittingly releases a nasty spirit when he unseals a room. The spirit of the long dead queen causes many problems culminating with Septimus travelling back through time. Great story, I'm already on to the next one. ( )

I am not sure what keeps me reading these books, because this one took me a long time to read (more than a week), but I do always want to read the next one. These books are complicated stories, with lots of Magyk in them, and a complicated family and royal structure. Jenna was part of the Heap family, and then it was discovered that she really is the Princess. Her brother Septimus, seventh son of a seventh son, in this book learns Alchemy and is taken back in time 500 years, where there is a truly terrible queen who is trying to remain queen forever. There are also complicated plots in this book, with a lot of twists and turns. One of these, a Northern Trader girl named Snorri, will feature in the next book, which centers on one of the other Heap brothers who has been stranded in time with Snorri and has no way of getting back. I bet there are seven books in this series, since it's titled Septimus. It is really popular with kids, and they don't seem to mind the length and the complication. I will keep reading the series. ( )

Septimus Heap is a apprentice magician. His sister Jenna is a princess. Their great great great great great great great grandmother, Queen Etheldredda's ghost get set free from its old sleep. Speitmus Heap gets sucked into a time or mirror and timetravels back to 500years ago.
How would Jenna and her friends help to get Septimus out of that place? ( )

another very good book from this author. ( )