The Amulet of Samarkand

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The Amulet of Samarkand

In the Amulet of Samarkand you follow Nathaniel, a apprentice magician. Though the world might be somewhat like ours, magicians are common; djinns and other demons are summoned and used in different situations. 

As a 10 year old, Nathaniel is humiliated by the older wizard Simon Lovelace, and later on he teaches himself the ways of summoning through the books of Mr. Underwood, the man that adopted him while little.

To get his revenge upon Lovelace, Nathaniel summons the djinn Bartimaeus, a 5000 year old djinn that previously had a master in old Egypt. Events occur that does not go the way Nathaniel wants them too, for example that Bartimaeus does not wish to help his new master.

The Amulet of Samarkand is a very entertaining fantasy book for young adults, and it has sequels, The Golem’s Eye and Ptolemys gate which both might be featured later in this blog. 

I recommend everyone to read the whole series, as it is well written and entertaining. 

Jonathan Stroud have written several books, and he should have pusblished book number 4 in 2010 which did not occur as far as I know and can find out. 

A full plot summary of the book can be found here.

I will rate the Amulet of Samarkand 4 out of 6 possible stars. 

Additional information:

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Series: The Bartimaeus Trilogy
Genre: Fantasy Novel
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication year: 2003
Pages: 462