About the Book: Ptolemys Gate - Bartimaeus The tremendous climax of the Bartimaeus sequence. Three years on from the events in The Golems 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 advisers, 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 with an alliance of some kind between djinn and ordinary people. Kitty seeks out Bartimaeus and embarks on a terrifying journey into the djinns chaotic domain -