<b>The #1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller!<br>Return to the world of His Dark Materials&mdash;now an HBO original series starring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, and Lin-Manuel Miranda&mdash;in the second volume of Philip Pullman&rsquo;s new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust.</b><br> &#160;<br> The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue&rsquo;s youth are long behind her&mdash;or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia&rsquo;s College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. <br> &#160;<br> The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries, the less she is sure of. Even the events of her own past come into question when she learns of Malcolm Polstead&rsquo;s role in bringing her to Jordan College. <br> &#160;<br> Now Lyra and Malcolm will travel far beyond the confines of Oxford, across Europe and into the Levant, searching for a city haunted by daemons, and a desert said to hold the truth of Dust. The dangers they face will challenge everything they thought they knew about the world, and about themselves.<br> &#160;<br><b>Praise for The Book of Dust<br>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a stunning achievement, this universe Pullman has created and continues to build on.&rdquo; <b>&mdash;</b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br> &#160;<br><b>&ldquo;Pullman&rsquo;s writing is simple, unpretentious, beautiful, true. The conclusion to The Book of Dust can&rsquo;t come soon enough.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>The Washington Post</i></b>