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The Amber Spyglass

His Dark Materials The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass
Author: Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials takes us on a thrilling journey through worlds familiar and unknown. For Lyra and Will, its two central characters, it's a coming of age and a transforming spiritual experience. Their great quest demands a savage struggle against the most dangerous of enemies. They encounter fantastical creatures in parallel ... more »worlds: -- rebellious angels, soul-eating spectres, child-catching Gobblers and the armoured bears and witch-clans of the Arctic. Finally, before reaching, perhaps, the republic of heaven, they must visit the land of the dead.

The Golden Compass:

Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, nothing is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the compass of the title. All around her children are disappearing -- victims of so-called "Gobblers" -- and being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.

The Subtle Knife:

Having slipped through a newly formed astral portal, the intrepid Lyra finds herself in the beautiful, haunted world of Città gazze -- a city where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and the wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies. For young Will Parry, in search of his father, has also stumbled into this strange new realm via a magic gateway.

Together the enlightened pair forge ahead on a perilous journey between worlds teeming with witches, angels, and sorcery -- and uncover a deadly secret: an object of extraordinary and devastating power. But with every step, they move closer to an even greater threat--and the shattering truth of their own destiny...

The Amber Spyglass:

In the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. All the while, Dr. Mary Malone builds a magnificent Amber Spyglass. An assassin hunts her down, and Lord Asriel, with a troop of shining angels, fights his mighty rebellion, in a battle of strange allies -- and shocking sacrifice.

As war rages and Dust drains from the sky, the fate of the living -- and the dead -- finally comes to depend on two children and the simple truth of one simple story.

ISBN-13: 9780739413357
ISBN-10: 073941335X
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 740
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Currently 4.4/5 Stars.

4.4 stars, based on 5 ratings

Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Book Type: Unknown Binding
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 3
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Cheryl H. reviewed His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass on 9/14/2006 + 44 more book reviews

This is a hardcover 3-in-1 compilation of the series.

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Kay S. (janezfan) reviewed His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass on 2/17/2006 + 79 more book reviews

This book contains 3 books and is by Philip Pullman. It contains: "The Golden Compass", "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass".

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