[His Dark Materials 02] • His Dark Materials 02 - the Subtle Knife

“ **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 Times* Bestseller**

**A *Newsweek* Top 100 Book of All Time**

**An *Entertainment Weekly* All-Time Greatest Novel**

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“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 Knife* is 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*