Paperback. Pub Date: May. 2007 Publisher: RHCB Audio When the 5.000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by Nathaniel. A young magician's apprentice. HE the expects to have to do nothing more taxing than A little Levitation or a FEW simple illusions . But Nathaniel is a precocious talent and has something rather more dangerous in mind: revenge. Against his will. Bartimaeus is packed off to steal the powerful Amulet of Samarkand from Simon Lovelace. a master magician of unrivalled ruthlessness and ambition. Before long. both djinni and apprentice are caught up in a terrifying flood of magical intrigue. murder and rebellion. Set in a modern-day London controlled by magicians. this hilarious. electrifying thriller will enthral readers of all ages.