Terence Pennyfeather, leader of the Resistance.

Kathleen 'Kitty' Jones, a mid-level member of the Resistance.

Honorius, an afrit occupying Gladstone's bones, guarding Gladstone's tomb.

Queezle, female demon friend of Bartimaeus.

Bartimaeus, a mid-level djinn and servant to Nathaniel.

Most such persons have been transmogrified into members of the elite ruling class of magicians. Many of the characters have names of biblical persons or historical literary, scientific or political figures, but not in biblical or historical contexts. The beast is revealed to be an invulnerable clay golem created by a coterie of magicians in an attempt to discredit and undermine the government.

Together they embark on a quest to discover the secret behind the commoners' resistance to magic and the mysterious beast that is stalking the city of London. His (unwilling) partner is the wisecracking spirit Bartimaeus. The main character is Nathaniel, a magician who works for the government in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They comprise the government, and commoners are treated as inferior. Like the rest of the Bartimaeus Trilogy, The Golem's Eye is set in somewhat modern-day London in an alternate history in which magic is commonplace and magicians are an accepted part of society in fact, most magicians are in positions of power. The book takes its name from the cyclops-like eye of the golem, a magical artifact that, along with an animating parchment, activates the golem. The series has been described as a darker, more political and morally complex version of Harry Potter. The book and series are about the power struggles in a magical dystopia centered in London, England featuring a mixture of modern and ancient, secular and mythological themes. It was a New York Times best-seller in 2004. 6 million copies have been sold in 36 countries. It is the second book in the Bartimaeus trilogy written by British author Jonathan Stroud. The Golem's Eye is a children's novel of alternate history, fantasy and magic.

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