His Dark Materials: Across the Wild River

Millions of fans worldwide have been eagerly awaiting this book: the prequel to the famous trilogy about the Golden Compass. Eleven-year-old Malcolm lives with his parents and his daemon Asta in Oxford and frequently visits the monastery on the other side of the Thames. When the nuns take in a baby that no one is allowed to know about, the tranquility of the old building is shattered. Malcolm immediately takes the small being, who seems to be in great danger, to his heart and does everything he can to protect it. The name of the baby: Lyra Belacqua. All volumes of the unparalleled fantasy series "His Dark Materials": The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass.