The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust, Volume 1) Philip Pullman
Book of Dust #1
Knopf Books for Young Readers
October 2017
On Sale: October 19, 2017
464 pages ISBN: 0375815309 EAN: 9780375815300 Kindle: B01N390U59 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Malcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices
everything but is not much noticed himself. And so
perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a spy....
Malcolm's parents run an inn called the Trout, on the
banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes
through its doors. Malcolm and his daemon, Asta,
routinely overhear news and gossip, and the occasional
scandal, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm
catches wind of something new: intrigue.
He finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous
substance called Dust—and the spy it was intended for
finds him.
When she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, he sees
suspicious characters everywhere: the explorer Lord
Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the
Magisterium; a gyptian named Coram with warnings just for
Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with an evil monkey for a
daemon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl—just
a baby—named Lyra.
Lyra is the kind of person who draws people in like
magnets. And Malcolm will brave any danger, and make
shocking sacrifices, to bring her safely through the
storm.
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