[The Book of Dust 01] • The Book of Dust · La Belle Sauvage

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“Too few things in our world are worth a seventeen year wait: The Book of Dust is one of them.” —The Washington PostPhilip Pullman returns to the parallel world of his groundbreaking novel The Golden Compass to expand on the story of Lyra, “one of fantasy’s most indelible characters.” (The New York Times Magazine)Malcolm

Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much

noticed himself. And so perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a

spy….Malcolm’s parents run an inn called the Trout, on the

banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors.

Malcolm and his daemon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, and

the occasional scandal, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm

catches wind of something new: intrigue. He finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust—and the spy it was intended for finds him. When

she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, he sees suspicious characters

everywhere: the explorer Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement

agents from the Magisterium; a gyptian named Coram with warnings just

for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with an evil monkey for a daemon. All

are asking about the same thing: a girl—just a baby—named Lyra.Lyra

is the kind of person who draws people in like magnets. And Malcolm

will brave any danger, and make shocking sacrifices, to bring her safely

through the storm.“The book is full of wonder. . . . Truly thrilling.” —The New York Times“People will love the first volume of Philip Pullman’s new trilogy with the same helpless vehemence that stole over them when The Golden Compass came out.” —Slate