Editorial Review
It's been a year since septimus heap discovered his real family and true calling to be a wizard. As Apprentice to Extra Ordinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand, he is learning the fine arts of Conjurations, Charms, and other Magyk, while Jenna is adapting to life as the Princess and enjoying the freedom of the Castle.
But there is something sinister at work. Marcia is constantly trailed by a menacing Darke Shadow, and Septimus's brother Simon seems bent on a revenge no one understands. Why is the Darke Magyk still lingering?
Bringing fantasy to new heights, Angie Sage continues the journey of Septimus Heap with her trademark humor and all of the clever details readers have come to love.
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Customer Reviews
flyte 
2008-07-27
a great story about how jenna escapes from simon and how septemus and nicko find jenna
Septimus' adventures continue... 
2008-07-02
Septimus Heap #2.
Septimus Heap, Apprentice to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard faces yet more challenges as he settles into his apprenticeship.
Evil DomDaniel continues to attempt to take over the Castle as ExtraOrdinary Wizard by having Jenna, the rightful heir to the throne, killed. Simon Heap is the necromancer's new Apprentice. Fueled by anger at his family and determined to make a name for himself, Simon chases Jenna, determined to capture and kill her.
DomDaniel's plot doesn't end there. He and the Darke Shadow that follows the current ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, are in league to get rid of her.
Awesome 2008-05-18
Goes with the flow, follows up great where the first left off so you don't miss a thing!
gift to teen 2008-05-08
was purchased as a gift and she loved it. she's wanted the book for awhile now and was very happy to receive it along wuth the other books of this series. would recommend these books to everyone. thank-you.
A worthy continuation of the Septimus Heap saga. 2008-05-04
Magyk succeeded as a great coming of age story extremely well suited to young readers - crackling with action and danger but with a buoyant hopeful quality that didn't cause nightmares in young readers (my son read it in the second grade). Flyte continues this tradition and advances the central narrative in an entertaining and compelling way. Angie Sage's well realized fictional middle-earth style world is still teeming with magical creatures and the action takes us to new places (the slate mines and badlands) and we meet new monsters (wurms) and also revisits familiar places and monsters (the forest and the Wendron witches and the swamps). We also finally get to visit the port - and although we only visit a few places it proves to be a wonderfully dangerous and weird place.
The story of Flyte brings Septimus Heap to the fore at last (Jenna rather dominated the first book, Magyk). He's a great combination of vulnerable and talented (like a lot of 11 year olds). The main adversary is now a sibling - so often the case in real life too. There's plenty of action and the pacing is similarly relentless to Magyk. This, too, is a real page turner. Things wrap up with more weird and satisfying magyk and more development and new abilities for Septimus - laying the foundation for the 3rd in fine style. It's a worthy sequel - building strongly on the well-realized world of the first - but adding new layers and enough new action to keep it fresh. Like Magyk - the balance of gentleness and danger is best suited for kids around the age of the protagonists - but adults in touch with their inner children will enjoy it too. Readers of Magyk will blow through this and be hungry for Physik.
Great! 2008-03-29
It's been a year since septimus heap discovered his real family and true calling to be a wizard. As Apprentice to Extra Ordinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand, he is learning the fine arts of Conjurations, Charms, and other Magyk, while Jenna is adapting to life as the Princess and enjoying the freedom of the Castle.
But there is something sinister at work. Marcia is constantly trailed by a menacing Darke Shadow, and Septimus's brother Simon seems bent on a revenge no one understands. Why is the Darke Magyk still lingering?
Bringing fantasy to new heights, Angie Sage continues the journey of Septimus Heap with her trademark humor and all of the clever details readers have come to love.
Flyte 2008-03-16
This was a wonderful sequel to Magyk. Did I spell that right? Ah well.. You all know what I mean. This is a really good book. If you liked the first book, you definitely have to read this one. Also, Physik. Read that one after Flyte.
Very entertaining!! 
2008-02-13
So entertaining that a 36 year old Mom is reading her childs book. I am really enjoying the series. Very magical and funny and keeps you wanting to read it.
"The Art of Flyte is Not a Taxi Service..." 2007-11-10
As the sequel to Angie Sage's first novel Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book 1), a pre-teen wizarding fantasy heavily influenced by the "Harry Potter" series, "Flyte" picks up a year after the events of the first story, in which the magical Heap family discovered several amazing secrets about their past. Namely, that their adopted daughter Jenna was in fact a princess and that a young nameless boy they picked up in their adventures was their long-lost son Septimus, the highly gifted seventh son of a seventh son. Together, the two siblings found a beautiful Dragon Boat, defeated the evil wizard DomDaniel, and rescued the ExtraOrdinary Wizard - with Septimus becoming Marcia Overstrand's Apprentice in the process.
It seems everything was looking up for the Heap family, but one of their members is not quite as delighted with Septimus's appointment as the future ExtraOrdinary Wizard as everyone else. Simon Heap, the eldest son, had his own ambitions for the future, now destroyed by the unexpected heritage of his newfound brother and younger sister. Raising up the skeleton of DomDaniel, Simon makes a bargain with the dead necromancer - to restore him to life, if he's taken on as the next Apprentice to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard. And you thought Percy Weasley was bad!
Simon Heap returns to the castle and kidnaps Jenna from right under everyone's nose, leading a suspicious Septimus to enlist his brother Nicko's help in getting her back. With Marcia distracted by a Darke Shadow that's been haunting her and his parents convinced that Simon can mean his little sister no harm, Septimus and Nicko head off on their own to fetch her back, whilst Jenna calls upon her own resources to escape Simon's clutches. However, this plot-thread by no means takes up the length of the entire book - there are other adventures to be had, including some nice reappearances from the previous book (in particular the Heap's grandfather and the beautiful Dragon Boat).
No one can doubt that the book is fast-paced, filled with invention, humour and sparkling characterization (although the sheer amount of characters makes it difficult to keep track of everyone). However, the plot itself is rather haphazard, with characters wandering at length through the countryside without clear ideas on where they're going or why, and a climatic confrontation that's actually set about three-quarters of the way through the book, leading to a lengthly wrap-up of the story (there are *seven* chapters after DomDaniel's reappearance!) Likewise, there are some irritating plot holes in the story, the most glaring being Simon's motivation and intentions. As it turns out, he's been ordered by DomDaniel to kill Jenna - so then why does he go to the great length of kidnapping her, carrying her miles to his home in the Badlands, locking her in a cell...and then conveniently falling asleep so that she can make her escape? He's fallen into the typical bad-guy mistake of *not* killing his enemies straight-away. Just as odd was the Heap parents' complete lack of action when it became apparent that their daughter had been kidnapped.
Sage has an interesting grasp of the rules and regulations of magic-making in her invented world (though it was a bad idea to print every single magical ingredient, artifact and incantation in bold-type - it felt like the book was yelling at me) and some cute plot twists along the way. Septimus and Jenna are bright, good-natured and compassionate protagonists, backed up by an interesting (though vast) cast of supporting characters. Another interesting feature is the final chapter of the book, titled "What Happened Before..." which gives brief summaries of many of the periphery characters' back-stories. The previous installment Magyk, was concerned with what happened to certain characters *after* the conclusion of the book (something I wish J.K. Rowling had used at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)) and it's a fun way to end the story.
Despite some weaknesses, it's still a nice little read, and the story is continued in the third book: Physik (Septimus Heap, Book 3).
light and fluffy fantasy 2007-07-04
This is a very plot heavy and magic heavy book. That makes it perfect for those not necessarily wedded to long, dense books. It got a bit silly at times, but that's perfect for its intended audience. The thickness of the paper and the size and spacing of the type make it appear much longer than it is.
