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.
Now a major, critically acclaimed BBC TV series, starring Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott and James McAvoy.