The Amulet of Samarkand Prologue Epilagers: A Book & Beer Club

The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus #1) Part 1Jonathan StroudNathaniel is a boy magician-in-training, sold to the government by his birth parents at the age of five and sent to live as an apprentice to a master. Powerful magicians rule Britain, and its empire, and Nathaniel is told his is the "ultimate sacrifice" for a "noble destiny."If leaving his parents and erasing his past life isn't tough enough, Nathaniel's master, Arthur Underwood, is a cold, condescending, and cruel middle-ranking magician in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The boy's only saving grace is the master's wife, Martha Underwood, who shows him genuine affection that he rewards with fierce devotion. Nathaniel gets along tolerably well over the years in the Underwood household until the summer before his eleventh birthday. Everything changes when he is publicly humiliated by the ruthless magician Simon Lovelace and betrayed by his cowardly master who does not defend him.Nathaniel vows revenge. In a Faustian fever, he devours magical texts and hones his magic skills, all the while trying to appear subservient to his master. When he musters the strength to summon the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus to avenge Lovelace by stealing the powerful Amulet of Samarkand, the boy magician plunges into a situation more dangerous and deadly than anything he could ever imagine.Goodreads.com---This is Epilagers. A book club for Fantasy-Fiction and Nerd-like reading where we crack open our beer as we crack open our books. Shay and Jay explore new and old books in a two part series so that you, the readers and listeners, can experience the books with us. Spoiler Warning!We will be discussing the book in detail, revealing plot points and the ending, so if you just can’t bear to be hit with spoilers you better read and come back later.This year we are selecting books in the genre “Dystopian Culture”, which will include titles like the Maze Runner, Delirium, the Mortal Engines, Ender’s Game, Bartimaeus Amulet of Samarkand, and more.Part 1, the Prologue, we discuss how we’re enjoying the style and set up of the plot, discuss how we want the narration to develop, and make hopeful and possibly outrageous plot predictions based on the first 25% of the book. Part 2, the Epilogue, will be a quick summary of the book and many discussion topics all with book spoilers and out thoughts on the plot. So Spoiler haters beware! Join us on our journey and remember the best way to tackle Adulthood is with a book in one hand and a beer in the other. If you could give us a rating and review in your podcast app that helps us grow and build an amazing audience to share our love for fantasy with. Thank you for joining us on this journey!Find us on Twitter and Instagram @EpilagersPod or join the discussion with the hashtag #EpilagersFollow Jinx @memeowJinx our demon cat mascotThank you for the creative commons license so that we may use this artist's song for our intro music:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Artist: http://incompetech.com/