The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials

*****Includes a preview ofTHE BOOK OF DUST,the long-awaited new novel from Philip Pullman set in the world of His Dark Materials, andhailed by the New York Times as a stunning achievement. *****

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 Willa boy on the run, a murderera 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 searchingLyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing fatherbut 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