“jonathan stroud”

Everyone says that Max is drowned, but Charlie thinks differently: she was in the mill-pool with him, and knows exactly what she saw. When she begins to see him in her dreams, her hopes are raised. It seems the reunion she craves is possible. But where exactly is Max leading her? And will she be abl... More

Listen then, and I’ll tell you again of the Battle of the Rock. But none of your usual wriggling, or I’ll stop before I’ve begun . . . 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 togethe... More

A powerful novel combines elements of fantasy and mythology with a contemporary setting Two brothers, Michael and Stephen MacIntyre, together with their sister Sarah and the local vicar Tom Aubrey, uncover a deadly secret buried near their village. But time is short: can they prevent the awakening o... More

The tremendous climax of the Bartimaeus trilogy in which a long-standing conspiracy comes to fruition and Bartimaeus, Nathaniel and Kitty face a final enemy which threatens them all. Three years on from the events in The Golem's Eye, the magicians' rule in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with s... More

A brilliant and gripping fantasy centred on the relationship between a magician`s apprentice and a djinni, with humorous undertones of satire. : 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 lit... More

Book II of the Bartimaeus Trilogy Eagerly awaited sequel to The Amulet of Samarkand an unputdownable combination of magic, adventure and political ambition, with an enigmatic djinni as complex as ever! Two years have passed since the events of The Amulet of Samarkand and the young magician Nathaniel... More

Stroud's thrilling fantasy novels "The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye" and "Ptolemy's Gate" are now available in a gift edition, hardcover boxed set.... More