Stroud, Jonathan. The Golem's Eye: Bartimaeus Trilogy. New York: Hyperion, 2004.
Nathaniel and the djinn Bartimaeus are back in this novel, refreshingly bickering. Nathanielis 14, apprenticed to Jessica Whitwell, and the government's pet boy. he is dealing with the resistance movement. He is forced to call Bartimaeus again.
At the same time, a series of horrible attacks are being committed by a Golem controlled by an unknown wizard. This sends them off to Prague in a desperate attempt to uncover the true menace behind the attacks.
The book acts as a critique against the powerful through Stroud's imagery of the magician/politicians. it is a dark world controlled by magic and the violence of it. The djinn, who has nothing to do with human affairs, do give the most important philosophy to Kitty,the resistance leader. Speaking about her resilience to magic, he says that it is important to study history and to know that greater empires have fallen due to people with resilience coming together.
