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Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland.

In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands.

The boy who wouldn't grow up and his adventures with Wendy and the lost boys in the Neverland evoke a deep emotional response as they give form to our feelings about parents, boys and girls, the unknown, freedom, and responsibility.

"Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal penal colony of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the fugitives are still missing and she is the most wanted person in London.

Follows the adventures of Nathaniel, a young magician, as he makes a rapid rise through the government of an alternative Britain with the help of witty and wisecracking Bartimaeus, a djinni he first summons to assist him in a plan of revenge, and who later plays an important role in saving London and the entire country.

In the summer of 1986, Nick Hayes--a prodigy, boy-genius, cancer survivor, and even a time travel dabbler, and student at Cambridge University--has begun working with the renowned mathematician Professor Halligan.

In January of 1986, Nick Hayes, a fifteen-year-old genius, discovers he has what is probably a terminal illness.