- Fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Quests (Expeditions), Fiction
In the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. All the while, Dr. Mary Malone builds a magnificent Amber Spyglass. An assassin hunts her down, and Lord Asriel, with a troop of shining angels, fights his mighty rebellion, in a battle of strange allies—and shocking sacrifice. As war rages and Dust drains from the sky, the fate of the living—and the dead—finally comes to depend on two children and the simple truth of one simple story.
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Epic, classical in form, earnest and overwhelming.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Philip Pullman
- First published
- September 14, 2001
- Pages
- 536
- Publisher
- Albatros, Roca Editorial, Editorial Empúries
- Editions
- 87
- Language
- Chinese, Portuguese, Swedish, German
- ISBN
- 9780702311406
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“In a valley shaded with rhododendrons, close to the snow line, where a stream milky with meltwater splashed and where doves and linnets flew among the immense pines, lay a cave, half-hidden by the crag above and the stiff heavy leaves that clustered below.”
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, [*His Dark Materials*](/series/OL330755L/His_Dark_Materials), and his fictional biography of Jesus, *The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ*. The first of *His Dark Materials* has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series have been adapted for television. In 2008, The Times named Pullman in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman
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