A literary rollercoaster ride you won’t want to miss.”-The Boston Globe “The story gallops with ferocious momentum. The mysteries deepen and the wonders grow even more extravagant.” -The Washington Post “Pullman’s imagination soars. A #1 New York Times Bestseller Published in 40 Countries “Just as quick-moving and unputdownable as The Golden Compass. And neither Lyra nor Will suspects how tightly their lives, their loves, their destinies are bound together.until they are split apart. Each is searching-Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father-but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels.

Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will-a boy on the run, a murderer-a worthy and welcome ally. Devilishly inventive.HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, ANDREW SCOTT, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA! The spellbinding sequel to The Golden Compass, the modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an 'All-Time Greatest Novel' and Newsweek hailed as a 'Top 100 Book of All Time,' continues the epic adventure, catapulting readers between worlds, and toward a devastating discovery. “The story gallops with ferocious momentum. A literary rollercoaster ride you won’t want to miss.”- The Boston Globe The mysteries deepen and the wonders grow even more extravagant.” - The Washington Post

“Just as quick-moving and unputdownable as The Golden Compass. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels.Įach is searching-Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father-but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power. The spellbinding sequel to The Golden Compass, the modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an 'All-Time Greatest Novel' and Newsweek hailed as a 'Top 100 Book of All Time,' continues the epic adventure, catapulting readers between worlds, and toward a devastating discovery. HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, ANDREW SCOTT, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!

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