Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
In Pullman's astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will must journey to a dark and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. Meanwhile, Dr. Mary Malone builds a magnificent Amber Spyglass--and is then hunted down by an assassin.
Review Quotes: "Absorbing . . Like Harry Potter creator J. K. Rowling, [Pullman] invents a world filled with strange divinations and wordplays."
-Newsweek
"A LITERARY MASTERPIECE . . . [that] caps the most magnificent fantasy series since The Lord of the Rings and puts Harry Potter to shame. . . . A page-turning story that builds to a powerful finish."
-Oregonian
"IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN, SO FIRMLY AND RELENTLESSLY DOES PULLMAN DRAW YOU INTO HIS TALE . . . [A] gripping saga pitting the magnetic young Lyra Belacqua and her friend Will Parry against the forces of both Heaven and Hell."
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Breathtaking adventure . . . terrific story, eloquently told."-
The Boston Sunday Globe
