Publisher's Synopsis

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

Don't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials!
** THE BOOK OF DUST **
La Belle Sauvage
The Secret Commonwealth

Book information

ISBN: 9780440238140
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Imprint: Laurel Leaf
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.914
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 149g
Height: 179mm
Width: 106mm
Spine width: 21mm