Ptolemy's Gate

Stroud, Jonathan. Ptolemy's Gate. Book 3 of the Bartimaeus trilogy. 2006. 501p. ISBN 978-0-7868-1861-7. Available at FIC STR on the library shelves.

Following the events in A Golem's Eye, seventeen-year-old Nathaniel has now risen to a position of importance in the British government. This ascension would not have been possible without the help of Bartimaeus, a djinni he summoned to help him root out rebels. However, Nathaniel has exploited Bartimaeus to the point of exhaustion. The djinni's essence has weakening due to having spent too long in the real world, and finds himself unable to help when Nathaniel runs into more trouble.

After escaping the golem, Kitty Jones found anonymity in the crowd and secured employment with a magician where she carefully learned the skills necessary to master magic. The resourceful rebel has a plan. She wants to discover how to free demons from their bindings to magicians and establish a more equal relationship between the two of them. Inspired by the rumored trial of an ancient Egyptian who traveled to the demon world, Kitty seeks to discover how to make Ptolemy's Gate a reality. Bartimaeus himself spent time with Ptolemy back in the day, and found him to be more than a master. They became friends.

As the three of them are once again thrown together to prevent a conspiracy seeking to destroy Britain's government, they will have hard choices to make that will forever change how demons and humans interact ...

A riveting conclusion to the Bartimaeus trilogy, readers will enjoy how Nathaniel, Kitty, and Bartimaeus overcome the odds and manage to craft a new world.