The second volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, re-issued with a striking newly-designed cover by Chris Wormell to celebrate the publication of THE BOOK OF DUST.
First published in 1997, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it won the UK's top awards for children's literature.
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.
