Synopsis: John and Phillipa Gaunt are djinn, capable of manipulating chance and sworn to uphold the homeostasis of the world by assuming that the levels of good and bad luck in the world remain in balance. At the urging of their Uncle Nimrod, Phillipa enters the annual djinnverso tournament. The tournament is refereed by the Blue Djinn of Babylon, the one djinn in the world who is beyond ...

Synopsis: Unexplained death and secret projects; kidnapping, murder and conspiracy. It all sounds a lot like the X-Files, but this is not Washington DC, but a fantasy world where the sea is formed not of water, but of a heavy, suffocating gas. Two troublesome, teenage runaways stumble on things that they are not supposed to see and inadvertently throw a spanner into the workings of a sin ...

Synopsis: Bartimaeus, djinni 'hero' of The Amulet of Samarkand, is summoned back to London by his young master to aid in the hunt for the Resistance – a strangely troublesome group of commoners set on overthrowing magical rule – but both he and the Resistance end up caught in the clash between the government and a rogue magus who has rediscovered the last art ...

Synopsis: The Thames is frozen and the frost fair has brought a festive air to the London of Queen Elizabeth. But cold, hard hearts and cold hard cash never sleep; something is rotten in the Royal Mint and it looks as though someone is willing to kill to cover it up. With the Warden of the Mint too ineffectual to act, only one of Elizabeth's agents is up to the task. Step forward Gra ...

Synopsis: The court of Queen Elizabeth I is in an uproar. Exotic exile Banoo Yasmine has come seeking sanctuary, bringing with her a pet panther and a magnificent jewel. No sooner has she arrived, however, than the jewel has been stolen and discovered in the possession of Lady Grace's best friend Ellie. Now only Grace can clear Ellie's name catch the real thief, before Ellie lose ...

Synopsis: There's this kid, right; and he's a wizard. He goes to wizard school and some stuff happens. I figure most people probably know the basic deal here. Spoilers may follow.

Review: Harry Potter, Book VI has a tough act to follow, and after the bloated excesses of The Order of the Phoenix, perhaps it had a little something to prove as well. Reactions ...

Synopsis: Did you ever think about the gifts that the fairies choose to give the princesses in fairy tales? Would you really want hair like flowing gold? Or to be so perfectly elegant that everyone around you just wants to bop you in your flawless, sky-blue eyes? Probably not, but that's all as nothing compared to Ella's 'gift', for Ella was blessed with perfect obedience ...

Synopsis: The silver dragons are in trouble; humans are encroaching on their sanctuary and young Firedrake must undertake an arduous quest to traverse the human world undetected and find the shelter of their ancient home. He is accompanied by his dear friend, the brownie, Sorrel, and soon they are joined by a young boy named Ben and a homonculous named Twigleg as they seek for the Rim of ...

Synopsis: A young pupil at Eton school is drawn into another perilous adventure when the mad ambitions of a sinister cabal weave a web of treachery and fear, spanning Europe from Eton to Sardinia. In the depths of bandit country, gangsters and pirates from around the world will come together in the insane fortress of a sinister nobleman. Grand ambition and petty greed fuel a mad scheme t ...

Synopsis: In the dark waters of a remote Scottish loch, the mighty salmon Silverfin is said to swim. But no fish swim in those waters any longer, only deadly shoals of killer eels. The owner of the loch and of the castle that stands beside it is a man driven by an unquenchable desire for power. The local police can not stop him, the great Pinkerton Detective Agency can not touch him as h ...