Il potente jinn Bartimeus, demone antichissimo, pigro e beffardo, viene improvvisamente strappato dal confortevole mondo degli spiriti ed evocato a Londra da Nathaniel, un ragazzino di dodici anni. La sua missione è oscura e molto rischiosa: rubare l’Amuleto di Samarcanda al temibile Simon Lovelace, mago senza scrupoli e membro del Parlamento. In una Londra oscura e affascinante si dipana un mondo magico al «negativo», dove gli uomini meschini, invidiosi e senza scrupoli sono contrapposti agli spiriti, ben più potenti e astuti di loro. E su tutti trionfa l’arguto, saccente, permalosissimo Bartimeus…
Bartiméus Serie
Questa serie segue le avventure di un djinn arguto e sarcastico di nome Bartiméus, che viene evocato da vari maghi in un mondo in cui la magia è reale. La narrazione è ricca di umorismo e commenti intelligenti sulla società, la politica e la natura del potere. Ogni libro presenta una nuova storia che esplora la relazione tra il djinn e i suoi padroni umani. I lettori apprezzeranno la fusione di fantasy, umorismo e temi stimolanti.
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The Golem's Eye
- 579pagine
- 21 ore di lettura
The young magician Nathaniel is fast rising through the government ranks. His most urgent task is to put an end to the mysterious Resistance, but Kitty and her friends continue to elude him. As the pressure mounts, London is suddenly threatened by a new series of terrifying attacks. Is it the Resistance - or something even more dangerous? Nathaniel is forced to embark on a perilous mission to the enemy city of Prague; and to summon once again the troublesome, enigmatic and quick-witted djinni, Bartimaeus. The thrilling sequel to The Amulet of Samarkand is a roller-coaster ride of magic, adventure and political skulduggery as the fates of Nathaniel, Bartimaeus and Kitty explosively collide.
Two 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 advisors, 17-year-old Nathaniel and the theatrical impresario, Quentin Makepeace. 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 for 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?
It is 950 BC, and King Solomon rules Jerusalem with a steely hand on which gleams a mystic ring of immense and unforgiving power. One of Solomon's magical slaves, the irrepressible djinni Bartimaeus, is stuck doing dead-end jobs for the king. But when Asmira, a young Sheban assassin, arrives to kill Solomon, steal the ring and save her country from his attack, she makes Bartimaeus an offer he can't refuse. If he helps her succeed, she will give him his freedom. What could possibly go wrong? Set in an alternate world controlled by magicians, this hilarious and electrifying bestseller will enthral readers of all ages. As funny as ever. Stroud has lost none of his dazzle - Financial Times Deservedly shortlisted for the Costa Prize - Sunday Time