The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

About this book

"The most magnificent fantasy series since The Lord of the Rings." --The Oregonian 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 TimesBestseller A NewsweekTop 100 Book of All Time An Entertainment WeeklyAll-Time Greatest Novel "The story gallops with ferocious momentum." --The New York Times Book Review "Pullman's imagination soars. . . . A literary rollercoaster ride you won't want to miss." --The Boston Globe "Destined to become a classic."--Detroit Free Press "The Subtle Knifeis as absorbing and irresistible as The Golden Compass--and even more so, as powerful forces are set in motion. A brilliantly conceived work." --Lloyd Alexander, author of the Prydain Chronicles, and Newbery Medalist for The High King