Cam's Connection

Phillip Pullman Books His Dark Materials Trilogy 1. The Golden Compass 1995 When Lyra, an ordinary girl who lives at Jordan College in Oxford hides in the closet during a meeting of the scholar she finds out a spectacular secret. After recieving a puzzling gift of an alethiometer she realizes she must go on a quest, to save children who are being taken to a remote experimental research station in the high arctic. In this world science, theology and magic are closely intertwined in the fate of the universe and Lyra plays a role in everyone's destiny much larger than anyone could imagine. 2. The Subtle Knife 1997 Lyra crosses into the parallel world of Cittagazze, haunted by soul-eating specters through a newly formed astral portal. There she meets Will Parry, a 12 year old boy whose mother is haunted by unseen monsters. He is searching for his father who disappeared on an arctic expedition long ago. After losing the alethiometer to a man in our world, Lyra and Will go on a quest to find The Subtle Knife, an object of extraordinary power and mystery. Will they get the alethiometer back? And will they realize the shattering truth of their own destiny? 3. The Amber Spyglass 2000 After Lyra is kidnapped, Will knows he must find her. He goes on a quest to find Lyra, then travel to the site of Lord Asriel's extraordinary war, that everyone is talking about. Meanwhile, Mary Malone journeys into Cittagazze and lives with a group of intelligent creatures who can see Dust. There she builds a magnificient Amber Spyglass of astronomical power. With the return of Mrs. Coulter, Iorek Byrnison, Lord Asriel, Lyra, Will, Serafina Pekkala and including a dangerous journey to the land of the dead, this novel will keep readers spellbound. In the 3rd book of His Dark Materials is the awesome conclusion about the destiny of Dust. Sally Lockhart Trilogy 1. The Ruby In The Smoke1987