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 DARKMATERIALS trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed BBC/HBOseries. "What is he? A friend, or an enemy?""He is a murderer." Will has just killed a man. He'son 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 theymust find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds...this hardback edition has a stunning cover by celebratedartist, Chris Wormell.