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The second adventure in the Bartimaeus trilogy finds our young apprentice magician Nathaniel working his way up the ranks of the government, when crisis hits. A seemingly invulnerable clay golem is making random attacks on London. Nathaniel and the all-powerful, totally irreverent djinni, Bartimaeus, must travel to Prague to discover the source of the golem's power. In the ensuing chaos, readers will chase a dancing skeleton across London's skyline, encounter the horror of the dreaded Night Police, witness a daring kidnapping, and enter the Machiavellian world of the magician's government. Eventually, Nathaniel and Bartimaeus have to go head to head with the fearsome golem before the surprise identity of his master is finally revealed.
Series
3 primary books4 released booksBartimaeus is a 4-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Jonathan Stroud.
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Darker than the last one (not detrimental), but suffers from being the ‘one-in-the-middle'. Still an excellent read.
I really really enjoyed the second book!
The humour is dry and well balanced. The additional characters added in to expand the plot kept things fresh and Kitty was a great focus point.
I feel like the plot is fairly well wrapped up, so I???m curious to see what book three has in store for me.