Nathaniel is a magician's apprentice, treated with contempt by his master who is himself only a minor magician. Nathaniel, however, has ambition -- not to mention years of hoarded resentment towards his master and other magicians who have slighted and humiliated him. In secret, Nathaniel summons a powerful djinni named Bartimaeus, planning to use the djinni to accomplish his secret plans -- but then things start to go horribly wrong . . .
This is not only a reread for me, but a re-listen as well. The original book is brilliant, thanks in part to Bartimaeus's snarky footnotes. The first time I listened to this audiobook, I wondered how that would come through, but narrator Simon Jones does an excellent job of presenting the footnotes as conversational asides. I'll be re-listening to the sequels soon. If you are a fantasy reader and haven't read this series, I recommend it, and the audiobook versions of the books are impressive and well-done.
(Reviewed from an audiobook borrowed through my library system.)
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