[cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968440.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |title=Studios seek out the next 'Potter' |work=Variety |date=2007-07-12] ]The novels
"Magyk"
The first book is entitled "Magyk". The plot revolves around the pauper-like Heap family. The parents, Silas and Sarah, have seven children. Simon is the eldest son, whose ambition is to be the ExtraOrdinary wizard. The other Heap children (from eldest to youngest) are Simon, Sam, twins Erik and Edd, Jo-Jo, Nicko, and Jenna, whom Silas Heap found in the snow on the day that the youngest, Septimus, was born and supposedly died. When Jenna finds out on her tenth birthday a secret, from ExtraOrdinary wizard Marcia Overstrand herself, she realises that she — and the Heap family — are in danger. As they try to run from DomDaniel, Simon joins DomDaniel.
"Flyte"
The second book is titled "Flyte". A year after the events in Magyk, Simon Heap returns home from a place unknown to others. His plan to kidnap Jenna soons goes awry. Meanwhile, Septimus Heap must try to find Jenna and stop Simon from taking her again. With the help of his brothers, the Wendron Witches and a strange boy his brothers befriended and call 'Wolf Boy' he sets out to stop them, and gains a few bizarre experiences and friends on the way. A new character named Spit Fyre, who is Septimus's baby dragon, is introduced..Septimus heap takes the flyte charme from Simon Heap and bonds it with his own charm
An edition of this book contains a mini CD for computers. This CD contains dragon-hatching information, information about the author (Angie Sage), letters to and from Aunt Zelda and a game in which the player must capture Sleuth.Septimus heap takes the flyte charme from Simon Heap and bonds it with his own charm.
"Physik"
The third book is named "Physik" and was released in March 2007. The author hinted at her Naperville, Illinois author signing that it will have something to do with water, and some have speculated that this may mean a sea voyage. Physik starts off with Silas Heap and Gringe the Gatekeeper unSealing a room and unleashing the evil spirit of a 500 year old queen. A new character, Snorri Snorrelsson, a Northern Trader, is introduced early in the novel but does not become central to the plot until later in the book. The evil queen, Etheldredda, was Sealed in a portrait, but now that she is free she has a plot involving Septimus Heap, Jenna and her 500-year-old son Marcellus Pye. Once she traps Septimus Heap 500 years in the past, the others must try and figure out a way to get Septimus Heap back before they never see him grow up in his own time.
"Queste"
In the fourth book, Septimus goes on a perilous quest to the House of Foryx to find Nicko and Snorri, who have been trapped back in time. Everyone at the Castle is slowly beginning to realize that their chances of coming back are slim. Septimus, aided by ancient alchemist Marcellus Pye, learns of a place where all time meets: the House of Foryx. Jenna and Septimus find Nicko's notes from the past and discover that he knows of the House of Foryx as well and has been creating a map to plot the house's hidden location. With the help of the Questing Stone and Nicko's faded maps, Septimus tries to find the House of Foryx, and save Nicko and Snorri. Meanwhile, Simon Heap has taken on Merrin Meredith, former apprentice to DomDaniel, as his own apprentice, giving Merrin an opportunity he has been waiting years for. With the help of a frightening creature called a Thing, Merrin plans to reclaim the identity he used to have — that of Septimus Heap.
"Syren"
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Film
Warner Brothers have bought the rights to produce a film version of the first book. Karen Rosenfelt will produce the film, with Sage serving as an executive producer.[ [cite web| title=Harry Potter meets his match in Septimus Heap| url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2125655,00.html| publisher=The Guardian| date=July 13, 2007| accessdate=2008-09-27] ]Characters
*Septimus Heap – The eponymous protagonist of the series, Septimus spent the first ten years of his life in the army as Boy 412 after DomDaniel attempted to abduct him. As the seventh son of a seventh son, he has exceptional magical powers and is currently apprenticed to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand.
*Jenna Heap – Adopted by the Heap family as a baby in place of Septimus, Jenna is actually the daughter of the assassinated queen, and thus a princess. She is a small girl, with deep violet eyes and fair complexion. Although loving and caring at heart, she can sometimes be very stubborn.
*Nicko Heap – The sixth son of the Heap family, Nicko is currently an apprentice to the boat-builder Jannit Marten. He has a medium-build, with the characteristic green eyes and curly straw-colored hair of the Heap family, and has a happy and helpful disposition.
*Marcia Overstrand – The current ExtraOrdinary Wizard. Ambitious and often intimidating, Marcia is a very powerful wizard, but also has a great deal of affection for her apprentice Septimus. She is a tall woman, with an aura of magic around her, and generally wears a deep purple tunic with purple python-skin boots.
*Zelda Zenuba Heap – Zelda, known as Aunt Zelda, is aunt to the Heap family and greatly loved by all for her happy-go-lucky nature. As the current Keeper of the Dragon Boat, she resides in a cottage in the Marram Marshes. She is of medium-build, often wears a tent-like dress, which gives her a dumpy appearance, and has a shock of flyaway grey hair, a wrinkled smiling face, and the bright blue eyes of a White Witch.
*Snorri Snorrelssen – Snorri is an independant and somewhat mysterious young Northern Trader, who comes to the castle to trade her goods. She helps the Heap family, and is especially friends with Nicko, with whom she shares a love of sailing. As a Spirit Seer, she can see all spirits, even if they have not chosen to reveal themselves to others. She has a close companion in her cat, Ullr, who is a ginger cat with a black tip during the day but transforms into a dangerous black panther at night.
References
External links
* [http://www.septimusheap.co.uk/ Official website]
