The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials 2 - Book - Fantasy

“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 “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 —a nd 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