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The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two

Philip Pullman

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The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two

by Philip Pullman
The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two
The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two

Lyra's adult journey: deeper, darker, Dust-driven odyssey.

If you were captivated by Lyra's childhood adventures, "The Secret Commonwealth" offers a reunion with a now-grown protagonist facing complex, mature challenges. Picture yourself plunged into a broader, bleaker world as Lyra confronts inner turmoil and external dangers. This isn't just a continuation; it's an evolution that expands on the themes of identity and belief, taking that sense of wonder from His Dark Materials and alloying it with the weight of adulthood. This book invites introspection and promises to leave you pensive long after the last page is turned.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Book (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two

by Philip Pullman
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ISBN: 9780241373347
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date of Publication: 2019-09-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy
Related Topics: Urban Fantasy, Magical Realism, Young Adult Romance, Science Fiction, Mythology, High Fantasy, Teen, Science Fiction Fantasy, High School, Coming of Age, Adventure
Goodreads rating: 4.04
(rated by 53749 readers)

Description

It is twenty years since the events of La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua begin her life-changing journey. It is seven years since readers left Lyra and the love of her young life, Will Parry, on a park bench in Oxford's Botanic Gardens at the end of the ground-breaking, bestselling His Dark Materials sequence. Now, in The Secret Commonwealth, we meet Lyra Silvertongue. And she is no longer a child... The second volume of Sir Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust sees Lyra, now twenty years old, and her daemon Pantalaimon, forced to navigate their relationship in a way they could never have imagined, and drawn into the complex and dangerous factions of a world that they had no idea existed. Pulled along on his own journey too is Malcolm; once a boy with a boat and a mission to save a baby from the flood, now a man with a strong sense of duty and a desire to do what is right. Theirs is a world at once familiar and extraordinary, and they must travel far beyond the edges of Oxford, across Europe and into Asia, in search for what is lost - a city haunted by daemons, a secret at the heart of a desert, and the mystery of the elusive Dust.
 

Lyra's adult journey: deeper, darker, Dust-driven odyssey.

If you were captivated by Lyra's childhood adventures, "The Secret Commonwealth" offers a reunion with a now-grown protagonist facing complex, mature challenges. Picture yourself plunged into a broader, bleaker world as Lyra confronts inner turmoil and external dangers. This isn't just a continuation; it's an evolution that expands on the themes of identity and belief, taking that sense of wonder from His Dark Materials and alloying it with the weight of adulthood. This book invites introspection and promises to leave you pensive long after the last page is turned.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Book (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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