When Dybbuk uses his djinn powers to steal a baton that once belonged to Hermann Goering, his life is in danger, for hidden in the baton is a picture with a secret code. This leads Dybbuk and his twin djinn friends, Philippa and John, to Lucknow, India, where they find the valuable “Cobra King” that had once belonged to a snake cult. Here, they are captured by the guru who has already kidnapped the twin’s uncle and best friend, but the guru’s plan to use the children’s blood to become a djinn backfires in a spectacular way. Sequel to The Blue Djinn of Babylon. hc

Originally published by Scholastic Great Britain, in 2006.