In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London.
When Sammy Greenberg's friend ends up in the hospital after getting badly beaten up by the school bullies, he decides to build himself a monster. Made from clay using Jewish folklore, the Golem not only protects the boys but is also is a hot drummer in their rock-jazz-klezmer fusion band.
With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants.
With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants.