num_pages: 79
description: The first audiobook in a thrilling new trilogy about an apprentice magician and the powerful djinni he summons.Nathaniel is a young magician with only one thing on his revenge.As an apprentice to the great magician Underwood, Nathaniel is gradually being schooled in the traditional art of magic. All is well until he has a life-changing encounter with Simon Lovelace, a rising, star magician. When Simon brutally humiliates Nathaniel in front of everyone he knows, Nathaniel decides to speed up his magical education, teaching himself spells way beyond his years. Eventually, he masters one of the most difficult spells of summoning the all-powerful djinni, Bartimeus.But summoning Bartimeus and controlling him are two very different things--and Nathaniel may be in way over his head.
language: English
title: The Amulet of Samarkand
titlecomplete: The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus Trilogy, #1)
characters: Bartimaeus, Rupert Devereaux, Arthur Underwood, Faquarl, Simkin, Sholto Pinn, Kathleen "Kitty" Jones, Martha Underwood, Nathaniel, Jessica Whitwell, Stanley Hake, Simon Lovelace
genres: Magic, Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 126252
places: London, England
series: Bartimaeus
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch
publisher: Listening Library (Audio)