Ring of Solomon
Stroud, Jonathan
It is 950 , and King Solomon rules Jerusalem with a steely hand; a hand on which gleams a magic ring of immense and unforgiving power. Solomon has just begun work on his marvelous temple, charging Khaba, a formidable magician in his royal court, to oversee its construction. The workforce is an ill-behaved bunch of demons, a particularly unruly djinni named Bartimaeus among them. True to form, Bartimaeus promptly gets kicked off the temple project and assigned the even more miserable task of hunting bandits in the desert. There he crosses paths with Asmira, a highly skilled and loyal captain of the Queen of Shebas guard, on a suicidal mission to save her country from Solomons imminent attack. Of course, Bartimaeus has no intention of...
ISBN: 978-0-552-56295-9
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011