Three years on from the events in The Golem's Eye, the magicians' rule in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with general unrest. Meanwhile, living under a false identity, Kitty …
Two years have passed since the events of The Amulet of Samarkand and the young magician Nathaniel is rising fast through the government ranks. But his career is suddenly threatened …
The first volume in the 'Bartimaeus Trilogy' is a fantasy centred on the relationship between a magician's apprentice and a djinni, with humorous undertones of satire.