ÒThe most magnificent fantasy series since The Lord of the Rings.Ó --The Oregonian

Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will--a boy on the run, a murderer--a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels.

Each is searching--Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father--but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power. And neither Lyra nor Will suspects how tightly their lives, their loves, their destinies are bound together . . . until they are split apart.

A #1 New York Times Bestseller

A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time

An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel

ÒThe story gallops with ferocious momentum.Ó --The New York Times Book Review

ÒPullmanÕs imagination soars. . . . A literary rollercoaster ride you wonÕt want to miss.Ó --The Boston Globe

ÒDestined to become a classic.Ó --Detroit Free Press

ÒThe Subtle Knife is as absorbing and irresistible as The Golden Compass--and even more so, as powerful forces are set in motion. A brilliantly conceived work.Ó --Lloyd Alexander, author of the Prydain Chronicles, and Newbery Medalist for The High King