his dark materials and the golden compass

The Boston Sunday Globe Marvelous the writing is elegant and challenging. The New York Times Powerful a fantasy adventure that sparkles with childlike wonder. Dont miss Philip Pullmans epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials! ** THE BOOK OF DUST ** La Belle Sauvage The Secret Commonwealth Review Quotes Extraordinary storytelling at its very best. A masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullmans award-winning The Golden Compass is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. What Lyra doesnt know, mustnt know, is that her actions will have consequences not just in her world, but in all the worlds beyond. and where her uncle Asriel is attempting to build a bridge to a parallel world. To find him, she will travel to the cold, far North, where armored bears and witch clans rule. Lyra learns that Roger was kidnapped by a shadowy organization that steals children and, it is rumored, experiments on them.

Lyra is thrust into the middle of the conflict when her uncle Asriel comes to Oxford, fomenting rebellion, and when her best friend, Roger, suddenly disappears. A war is brewing in Lyras world-a battle between those who would keep people in ignorance and those who are willing to fight for true freedom. An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach.

Book Synopsis The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller hailed as one of the best books of all time, is now the basis for an HBO original series, starring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. About the Book Originally published as: Northern lights.

His dark materials and the golden compass