A breathtaking epic the award winning his dark materials trilogy spans a multitude of worlds the opening instalment northern lights is set in a parallel world like yet very unlike our own twelve year old lyra whose daemon pantalaimon is part of her very self is growing up in an ancient ritual haunted oxford she becomes involved in a quest to find her father and rescue her friend roger from evil kidnappers aided by armoured bears gyptians and a witch queen the second instalment the s