Kirov, Erica

Living in Las Vegas with his father, an unsuccessful magician, Nick Rostov learns on his thirteenth birthday that he is descended from a powerful line of Russian Magickeepers on his dead mother's side and that evil Shadowkeepers will stop at nothing to get an ancient relic from him.

Thirteen-year-old Nick Rostov and his family of Russian Magickeepers battle the evil Shadowkeepers who are in search of a miniature pyramid of souls once belonging to Edgar Allan Poe.

Living in Las Vegas with his unsuccessful father, Nick Rostov learns on his thirteenth birthday that he is descended from a powerful line of Russian Magickeepers on his dead mother's side, and that the equally powerful but evil Sahdowkeepers will stop at nothing to get an ancient relic that his grandfather gave him.