The Ring of Solomon

A Bartimaeus Novel

By: Jonathan Stroud

Narrated by: Simon Jones

Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

Bartimaeus, everyones favorite (wise-cracking) djinni, is back in book four of this best-selling series. As alluded to in the footnotes throughout the series, Bartimaeus has served hundreds of magicians during his 5,010 year career. Now, for the first time, fans will go back in time with the djinni, to Jerusalem and the court of King Solomon in 950s BC. Only in this adventure, it seems the great Bartimaeus has finally met his match. He'll have to contend with an unpleasant master and his sinister servant, and he runs into just a spot of trouble with King Solomons magic ring.

©2010 Jonathan Stroud (P)2010 Listening Library

Another Good Listen

This was a very entertaining prequel to the Bartimaeus Trilogy. The narrator did another outstanding job.

It was a great series of books

I didn't want it to be over. Fun stories of fanciful fights and personal struggles. And one Bartimaeus, an awful wicked Djini with a soft spot for kind hearted humans.

this is best

if you liked the trilogy you will love this personaly I think this book is better than the other 3 but if your a new reader I also incorage this book becuse its a great place to start and get the feeling of bartimaeus and who he is

Loved it

This was a very exciting book. it plenty of sarcasm which was awsome. the narrator was amazing.

Our beloved Bartemeous needs better editing.

Plot, characters and voices used for narration are intricate, fun and fantastic. Dialog often runs on with repetition of thought. Narration is spotty w/dead air.

Bartimaeus comedy and wit strikes again

Barricades is as fun amazing and fantastical as ever. With action magic and laughs I have loved this book!!

Enjoyed every page

If you like the series don't stop, get this book now. Fun and easy to listen too, great voice wirk

Masterpiece

I love this character I could read or listen to it for a fourth time and still not want it to end a wonderful adventure

Bartimaeus forever!

Wish Stroud wrote yet another adventure with this genie character. Can’t get enough of him. I have actually gone through the series three times. So clever and well crafted. The word choices alone are worth the visit, but the book is also full of adventure. Love.

Quirky and Fun

I listened to the original Bartimaeus Trilogy and enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to this new one. I got a surprise, however, because this one was even better than the previous three! It has all of the things I liked about the trilogy, and none of the things I didn't like. It skipped over the explanations of magical learning and the politics of the present day government, which I found a bit tedious. It was also lighter-hearted and had a more satisfying ending. The writing was just as good, or maybe better, and the story had a lot more action in it.

Bartimaeus fans will certainly not be disappointed, for there are plenty of antics from your favorite fun-loving demon, and new-comers to the series do not have to listen to the previous trilogy to understand the story, as this one takes place over a thousand year before it! If you are looking for something out-of-the-ordinary in that vague cross-genre space between fantasy and sci-fi that has a little magic, a little history, and a little humor, then this book is for you.