This book contains a story and several other things. The other things might be connected with the story, or they might not; they might be connected to stories that haven’t appeared yet . . .
Two years after the conclusion of The Amber Spyglass, Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon sit high on the roof of Jordan College, gazing down on the streets of Oxford. But their peace is shattered by a flock of enraged starlings, who seem intent on knocking another bird out of the sky – a bird that Lyra and Pan quickly realise is a witch’s daemon. The daemon carries worrying tidings of a terrible sickness spreading in the north, and claims that only Lyra can help him – but is he really friend, or foe?
Illustrated throughout with exquisite wood-cut engravings by John Lawrence, this beautifully packaged story also contains an extract of Pullman’s second short story set in the His Dark Materials world, Once Upon a Time in the North, a map and other missives that seem to have slipped from Lyra’s world into our own.
Imprint: RHCP Digital
Published: 28/05/2020
ISBN: 9781409014096
Length: 80 Pages
RRP: £7.99
It is one of those grand narrative strokes that Pullman can sometimes pull off with such casual looking ease and faith. This book is that gift in miniature
Grippingly funny and infused with the vitality of a master storyteller
Beautifully written . . . a welcome chance to revisit Lyra that many young readers will savour
Exquisitely produced . . . Truly a collector's piece, this is a must
This is a book for all Pullman readers and is sufficiently intriguing to entice new readers into Lyra's world