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For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions. Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood.

In The Amulet of Samarkand, the young magician Nathaniel won wide acclaim for his daring exploits in saving the powerful jewel for the government. Now, he seems set to continue his meteoric rise through the ministerial ranks. But the mysterious Resistance inflicts terrifying destruction on London, and soon Nathaniel's job and his very life are under threat, not only from the elusive Kitty and her companions, but from an unknown and bewildering source.

When the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, he 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...

Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne have raided their way across the Seven Kingdoms and eluded capture for two more years, gathering other outlaws to their cause. They are set on taking down the Faith Houses and their oppressive regime, and finding out the truth about Stonemoor.

A terrible crime forces Lucy to turn to Lockwood for help and sets them on the trail of dark secrets at the heart of London society. Both professionally and personally, their investigation stirs up forces they may not be able to control.... Ghouls and spectres, thrills and tension in this brand-new instalment in Jonathan Stroud's best-selling series.

Lockwood & Co. might be the smallest (some might say shambolic) Psychic Detection Agency in London. But its three agents - Lockwood, Lucy and George - are exceptional talents. And they get results. When an outbreak of ghostly phenomena grows to terrifying levels in Chelsea, Scotland Yard is left baffled. Even more baffling is that Lockwood & Co appear to have been excluded from the huge team of Agents investigating the Chelsea Outbreak.

Fans of Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus books will devour this book - a cracking adventure brimming with magic, intrigue and a treasure trove of characters that the reader can't help but fall for. We find everyone's favourite irascibly insolent djinni serving at the court of King Solomon in 950 BC Jerusalem, where he is causing his customary chaos and must help a girl assassin sent by the Queen of Sheba to steal the all-powerful Ring of Solomon.

After their recent adventures, the Lockwood & Co team deserve a well-earned break...so naturally they decide to risk their lives breaking into a heavily guarded crypt. A building full of unsettled souls, it's also the final resting place of Marissa Fittes, the legendary and (supposedly) long-dead ghost hunter. What they discover their will change everything. So begins a race to get to the truth behind 'the Problem' and an epic struggle against the Fittes agency.

Ghosts and ghouls beware! London’s smallest, shabbiest, and most talented psychic detection agency is back. Life is never exactly peaceful for Lockwood & Co. Lucy and George are trying to solve the mystery of the talking skull trapped in their ghost jar, while Lockwood is desperate for an exciting new case. Things seem to be looking up when the team is called to Kensal Green Cemetery to investigate the grave of a sinister Victorian doctor.

Three 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, one of whom is 17-year-old Nathaniel. 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.

Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne have outwitted their pursuers and escaped into the wilderness once more, and it's not long before they become famous for their audacious heists across the Seven Kingdoms. Yet neither is fully able to escape the shackles of the past—as they discover when a dangerous job turns sour. Soon old enemies and sinister new threats are pressing in on every side, and Scarlett and Browne must pull off an impossible mission and strike out against The Faith Houses and the Brothers of the Hand if they are to save the people they hold most dear.

England has been radically changed by a series of catastrophes - large cities have disappeared, and London has been replaced by a lagoon. The surviving population exists in fortified towns where they cling to traditional ways, while strangely evolved beasts prowl the wilderness beyond. Conformity is rigidly enforced, and those who fall foul of the rules are persecuted: some are killed; others are driven out into the wilds. Only a few fight back - and two of these outlaws, Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne, display an audacity and talent that makes them legends.

Halli loves the old stories from when the valley was a wild and dangerous place - when the twelve legendary heroes, led by his ancestor Svein, stood together to defeat the ancient enemy, the bloodthirsty Trows. Halli longs for adventure but it seems these days the most dangerous thing in the valley is boredom. He tries to liven things up by taunting his siblings and playing practical jokes. But when one of his jokes goes too far reawakening an old blood feud Halli finds himself on a hero's quest after all.

Author Jonathan Stroud joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss his career, his taste in reading and listening, and his various series of books

Heißersehnt, atemberaubend spannend, umwerfend komisch, unwiderstehlich... Im Prequel zur fantastischen Bartimäus-Trilogie darf Bartimäus, der Dschinn aller Dschinns, in seiner unnachahmlich bescheidenen Weise seine ruhmreiche Vergangenheit präsentieren – die sogar seine späteren Heldentaten mit Nathanael beinahe in den Schatten stellt. Schließlich hat Bartimäus seinerzeit nur den Besten der Besten und Hochwohlgeborenen gedient: Mächtige Magier und wunderschöne Königinnen waren seine Gebieter – und mit dem berühmten König Salomon stand er sogar auf Du und Du.

Bartimäus – das furiose Finale des brillanten Fantasy-Abenteuers! 2000 Jahre sind vergangen, seit Bartimäus auf der Höhe seiner Macht war. Heute, gefangen in der Welt der Magier, spürt er seine Kräfte schwinden. Doch noch will Nathanael ihn nicht aus seinen Diensten entlassen. Unterdessen eignet sich die Widerständlerin Kitty Jones geheimes Wissen über Magie und Dämonen an. Sie will erreichen, dass der ewige Kampf zwischen Dschinn und Menschen beendet wird. Doch dann wird London von einer bislang unbekannten Macht angegriffen und Nathanael, Kitty und Bartimäus müssen der größten Gefahr der Geschichte der Zauberei entgegentreten.

Die Geister von London erheben sich. Lockwood, Lucy und George führt ihr jüngster Fall in ein traditionsreiches Londoner Kaufhaus, das die Brutstätte grausiger Geistererscheinungen zu sein scheint. Es wurde auf den Überresten einer Pestopferruhestätte und eines mittelalterlichen Kerkers errichtet. Wer hier überleben will, braucht Mut - denn düstere Warnungen des wispernden Schädels verheißen Fürchterliches.

"Klar habe ich damit gerechnet, dass mich eines Tages wieder irgendein Schwachkopf mit spitzem Hut beschwört, aber doch nicht derselbe wie beim letzten Mal!" Der junge ehrgeizige Nathanael strebt eine Karriere im von Zauberern beherrschten britischen Weltreich an. Doch die immer dreistere Widerstandsbewegung der "Gewöhnlichen" macht der Regierung schwer zu schaffen. Und dann versetzt auch noch ein Golem London in Angst und Schrecken.

Sono passati quasi tre anni dalla vicenda dell'Amuleto di Samarcanda, e Nathaniel si è confermato il mago più giovane e intraprendente di tutto il Ministero. Niente di strano, quindi, che venga convocato per risolvere un mistero inquietante: una specie mostro, enorme, invisibile, circondato di oscurità, getta Londra nel panico e fa strage di cose e persone. Il primo ministro è convinto che sia colpa della Resistenza, un gruppo di londinesi privi di poteri magici che si oppone alla classe dominante dei maghi; ma le indagini di Nathaniel si rivelano infruttuose, come i tentativi di infiltrarsi nel gruppo.

Ein unschlagbares Duo wird zur Legende. Die berüchtigten Outlaws Albert und Scarlett sind vor ihren Widersachern in den Norden Englands geflüchtet. Dort plündern sie als eingespieltes Duo die Häuser reicher Städter und teilen ihre Beute mit den Armen des Landes. Als sie den Auftrag bekommen, eine Lieferung mit kostbaren Artefakten auf dem Weg in den Süden zu überfallen, sind sie begeistert. Doch auf dem Weg zurück geraten sie in einen Hinterhalt ihrer alten Feinde und werden vor eine schwere Wahl gestellt.