Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland.
Lief, Barda, and Jasmine search for a weapon powerful enough to defeat the evil Shadow Lord and free the thousands of Deltoran hostages being held in the Shadowlands.
Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.
Jane's invitation to witness the making of the Greenwitch begins a series of sinister events in which she and her two brothers help the Old Ones recover the grail stolen by the Dark.
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
In the fourth book of the Prydian Cycle Taran Wanderer sets out on a quest to learn the truth about his parentage from the enchanted Mirror of Llunet and experiences exciting adventures as well as great shame in the course of the journey that takes him from child to man.
