The second volume in Philip Pullmans incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy. First published in 1997 and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece it won the UKs top awards for childrens literature. What is he? A friend or an enemy? He is a murderer. Will has just killed a man. Hes 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...
