Lyra at 20 is a nuanced and complicated character. But since reading His Dark Materials at least 5 or 6 times and then listening to the whole thing on Audible, I didn't hesitate to buy Book 2 of The Book of Dust, The Secret Commonwealth. Michael Sheen is quite a thespian and I was annoyed at all the yelling during the flood, which (IMO) was way too much of the volume of the book.

I was rather nonplussed with La Belle Sauvage. The conclusion to The Book of Dust can’t come soon enough.' ( The Washington Post) 'Pullman’s writing is simple, unpretentious, beautiful, true. 'It’s a stunning achievement, this universe Pullman has created and continues to build on.' ( The New York Times) The dangers they face will challenge everything they thought they knew about the world, and about themselves. Now, Lyra and Malcolm will travel far beyond the confines of Oxford, across Europe and into the Levant, searching for a city haunted by daemons, and a desert said to hold the truth of Dust. Even the events of her own past come into question when she learns of Malcolm Polstead’s role in bringing her to Jordan College. The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries, the less she is sure of. Her daemon, Pantalaimon, is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. Sophia’s College, and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Lyra is now a 20-year-old undergraduate at St. The windows between the many worlds have been sealed, and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue’s youth are long behind her - or so she thought. Return to the world of His Dark Materials - now an HBO original series starring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, and Lin-Manuel Miranda - in the second volume of Philip Pullman’s new best-selling masterwork, The Book of Dust.

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