The second volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy First published in 1997 & acclaimed as a modern masterpiece it won the UK's top awards for children's literature " What is he? A friend or an enemy?" " He is a murderer" Will has just killed a man He's on the run His escape will take him far beyond his own world to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city & to a girl Lyra Her fate is strangely linked to his own & together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds