The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, 3) - Hardcover

In this conclusion to the fantasy trilogy begun by The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife, Lyra encounters a host of new characters like Gallivespian Lord Roke, a hand-high spymaster to Lord Asriel, and the Mulefa, which are mysterious wheeled creatures with the power to see Dust--and its secrets.

Philip Pullman has won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for The Golden Compass (and the reader-voted "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Award for The Amber Spyglass; a Booker Prize long-list nomination (The Amber Spyglass); Parents' Choice Gold Awards (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass); and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, in honor of his body of work. In 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Philip Pullman is the author of many books for young readers, including two volumes related to the His Dark Materials trilogy: Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North. He lives in Oxford, England. To learn more, please visit www.philip-pullman.com and www.hisdarkmaterials.com.