The subtle knife: his dark materials - philip pullman

Lyra and her daemon return as she and 12-year-old Will Parry are in a desperate flight for Wills life.

They are drawn closer to Wills father and to the Subtle Knife, a deadly, magical, ancient tool that cuts windows between worlds.

Through it all, the pair are drawn deeper and deeper into a fierce battle they may not survive.

HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, ANDREW SCOTT, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA! 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 Pullmans imagination soars .

A literary rollercoaster ride you wont want to miss.

-- The Boston Globe The story gallops with ferocious momentum .

Devilishly inventive.

-- The New York Times Book Review 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.