The third volume of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy continues the gripping and extraordinary story to its shattering conclusion.

Lyra and Will are on a collision course. The prophecies have spoken. And Lyra owes a great debt: she must rescue her friend from the Land of the Dead. How will Lyra and Will survive the terrible sacrifices and challenges placed before them? As war explodes between the worlds and Heaven, what is the knowledge they must seek in order to bring their long quest to an end?

Longlisted
The Booker Prize 2001
Published by
Scholastic
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Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman

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Philip Pullman confessed he thought his publisher had submitted The Amber Spyglass for the Booker Prize 'in the spirit of putting 50p on Laughing Boy in the Grand National'.
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