Author(s): Philip Pullman
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 352
Publisher: Yearling Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2001-05-22
Dimensions: 129.54 x 190.5 x 22.86mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
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Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

***** Includes a preview of THE BOOK OF DUST, the long-awaited new novel from Philip Pullman set in the world of His Dark Materials, and hailed by the New York Times as "a stunning achievement."***** 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. Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will--a boy on the run, a murderer--a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels. 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. And neither Lyra nor Will suspects how tightly their lives, their loves, their destinies are bound together...until they are split apart.

A #1 New York Times Bestseller
Published in 40 Countries "Just as quick-moving and unputdownable as The Golden Compass. . . . The mysteries deepen and the wonders grow even more extravagant." --The Washington Post "Pullman's imagination soars . . . A literary rollercoaster ride you won't want to miss."--The Boston Globe "The story gallops with ferocious momentum . . . Devilishly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review