"Without this child, we shall all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animaldaemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College,Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to thefrozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bearsfight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequencesfar beyond her own world...The first volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALStrilogy, re-issued with a striking newly-designed cover by ChrisWormell to celebrate the publication of THE BOOK OF DUST.