La Belle Sauvage

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***** NEW YORK TIMES* BESTSELLER**
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**Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of His Dark Materialsnow an HBO original series starring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, and Lin-Manuel Mirandato expand on the story of Lyra, “one of fantasy’s most indelible heroines” (* The New York Times Magazine* ).**
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**Don’t miss Volume II of The Book of Dust:* The Secret Commonwealth*!**
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**Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta, are used to overhearing news and the occasional scandal at the inn run by his family. But during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm finds a mysterious object—and finds himself in grave danger.
Inside the object is a cryptic message about something called Dust; and it’s not long before Malcolm is approached by the spy for whom this message was actually intended *.* When she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, he begins to notice 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 at the center of a storm, and Malcolm will brave any peril, and make shocking sacrifices, to bring her safely through it. **
**“Too few things in our world are worth a seventeen-year wait: *The Book of Dus *t is one of them.” —* The Washington Post***
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**“The book is full of wonder. . . . Truly thrilling.” — *The New York Times***
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**“People will love the first volume of Philip Pullman’s new trilogy with the same helpless vehemence that stole over them when *The Golden Compass *came out.” —* Slate***
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