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 Pullman s imagination soars . . . A literary rollercoaster ride you won t want to miss. --The Boston Globe The story gallops with ferocious momentum . . . Devilishly inventive. --The New York Times Book Review Don t miss Philip Pullman s epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials! ** THE BOOK OF DUST ** La Belle Sauvage The Secret Commonwealth