Three years on from the events in The Golem's Eye, the magicians' rule
in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with strikes, riots and general
unrest. The Prime Minister is largely controlled by two advisers, one
of whom is 17-year-old Nathaniel. Meanwhile, living under a false
identity, Kitty has been researching djinn; she has come to believe
that the only way to destroy the magicians is with an alliance of some
kind between djinn and ordinary people. Kitty seeks out Bartimaeus and
embarks on a terrifying journey into the djinn's chaotic domain - the
Other Place - which no human being has ever survived. But even as she
does so, Makepeace engineers a dramatic coup d'etat. The outcome is a
shattering of the magicians' control and all magical laws are turned
upside down. Can Bartimaeus, Nathaniel and Kitty settle old scores if
they are to survive and prevent the earth's destruction? The first in the Bartimaeus sequence is Amulet of Samarkand, the second is The Golem’s Eye and the third is Ptolemy’s Gate. The Ring of Solomon is the fourth one in the sequence and the series has a loyal adult as well as young adult fan base.
Jonathan Stroud was born in Bedford and grew up in St Albans. He studied at York university. He has a strong background in children's books -working at Walker, in their Game Book and Non-Fiction departments and Kingfisher Publications, editing children's non-fiction. He has written and edited a number of game books and non-fiction titles for Walker Books. Jonathan now lives in St. Albans with his wife.
