Twelve-year-old djinn twins Philippa and John agree to help Dybbuk discover who murdered his best friend, and are soon caught up in an around-the-world adventure in search of the evil leader of the Cult of the Nine Cobras and his invaluable Cobra King talisman.
Twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John have more adventures when they become involved in an international adventure involving the Blue Djinn, the supreme arbiter of all djinn.
In their ninth journey through the magic mirror Abby and Jonah find themselves in the tale of Aladdin, and after giving the hero of the story a bloody nose in a game of dodge ball, they take his place with the evil magician looking for the magic lamp--and things continue to go down hill from there.
Neal, Julie, and Keeah set out for the magical city of Ut, which appears in a bottle once every one hundred years, in order to retrieve the Moon Medallion.
Dangerous adventures continue for the djinni Bartimaeus and his master, 17-year-old Nathaniel, a powerful magician who is serving as England's minister of information.
Aladdin, a commoner, determined to save Princess Jasmine from the plots of the evil sorcerer Jafar, gets a little unexpected help from a genie who grants him three wishes.