She can run a business, ride like a Cossack & shoot straight with a pistol. Sally Lockhart is the bold, fresh heroine of this thrilling & terrifying tale from Philip Pullman, award-winning writer of the acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy, also adapted for the big screen. Sally, recently orphaned, is alone & being hunted by an assassin. With her new friends
- young photographer Frederick & quick-witted street child Jim
- she must discover her father's killer. Facing them is an unseen, murderous opponent & at the heart of it all, the deadly, blood-drenched secret of the ruby in the smoke.