The 1 New York Times Bestseller Return to the world of His Dark Materialsnow an HBO original series starring Dafne Keen Ruth Wilson Andrew Scott and LinManuel Mirandain the second volume of Philip Pullmans new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust. The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongues youth are long behind heror so she thought. Lyra is now a twentyyearold undergraduate at St. Sophias College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries the less she is sure of. Even the events of her own past come into question when she learns of Malcolm Polsteads role in bringing her to Jordan College. Now Lyra and Malcolm will travel far beyond the confines of Oxford across Europe and into the Levant searching for a city haunted by daemons and a desert said to hold the truth of Dust. The dangers they face will challenge everything they thought they knew about the world and about themselves. Praise for The Book of Dust Its a stunning achievement this universe Pullman has created and continues to build on. The New York Times Pullmans writing is simple unpretentious beautiful true. The conclusion to The Book of Dust cant come soon enough.The Washington Post show more