![]() ![]() ![]() Readers will hope that Stroud follows up on certain questions-is it slavery to use a djinni? will shaky looming international politics affect the empire? who deserves our alliance? and who are the mysterious children ostensibly running an underground resistance?-in the next installment, sure to be eagerly awaited. Many chapters end in suspense, suddenly switching narrators at key moments to create a real page-turner. No character is wholly likable or trustworthy, which contributes to the intrigue. Nathaniel’s perspective alternates with that of Bartimaeus, the cocky, sardonic djinni. Arrogantly summoning a djinni to help him steal an amulet from slickly evil Simon Lovelace, he’s swept into a swirl of events involving conspiracy at the highest government level. Twelve-year-old Nathaniel is apprenticed to a politician (which means magician), but early emotional pain leads him toward hardness and anger. In a contemporary London full of magic, a thrilling adventure unfolds. ![]()
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