Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree amongscholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaitsher will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clansreign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will haveimmeasurable consequences far beyond her own world...
The second volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking HIS DARK
MATERIALS trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed BBC/HBO
series.
"What is he? A friend, or an enemy?"
"He is a murderer."
Will has just killed a man. He's
on the run.
His escape will take him far beyond his own world,
to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city, and to a girl, Lyra.
Her fate is strangely linked to his own, and together they
must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds...
- this hardback edition has a stunning cover by celebrated
artist, Chris Wormell.
