The famous Anglo-American publishing house Scholastic, which opened the world of Harry Potter, has been looking for a book for many years that can compete for the attention of readers with the world bestsellers by Joan Rowling. It seems that such a book has been found: this is the Children of the Lamp trilogy, written by the British F.B. Kerr, who was still known in Europe and America as the author of exciting detective stories for adults. “The Genie in Akhenaten’s Captivity” is the first of three stories full of mysterious events and heroes, as if coming to us from the world of fairy tales of the Ancient East. Twelve-year-old American twins John and Philippa Gaunt suddenly discover unusual abilities. And for good reason: a fairy-tale kind genie woke up in each of them. Now they have to confront Evil on a global scale. A long and dangerous journey through exotic countries with extraordinary adventures and incredible transformations awaits them. In this amazing odyssey, the Children of the Lamp will first have to find the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, and then save themselves from him.