NOW A MAJOR, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BBC/HBO TV SERIES"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...

The second volume in Philip Pullman's
groundbreaking HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, acclaimed as
a modern masterpiece.