Near fine condition. Penguin and David Fickling Books, 2020. First UK paperback edition-first printing of this edition (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Large format paperback (small nick and crease on the edges of the cover) in near fine condition. Illustrated by Chris Wormell. Nice and clean pages as new with a couple creases and small nicks on the edges of the pages, the top edge of the title page is slightly loose. 722pp including Author's note.
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Book Description: The second volume of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust sees Lyra, now twenty years old, and her daemon Pantalaimon, forced to navigate their relationship in a way they could never have imagined, and drawn into the complex and dangerous factions of a world that they had no idea existed. Pulled along on his own journey too is Malcolm; once a boy with a boat and a mission to save a baby from the flood, now a man with a strong sense of duty and a desire to do what is right. Theirs is a world at once familiar and extraordinary, and they must travel far beyond the edges of Oxford, across Europe and into Asia, in search for what is lost - a city haunted by daemons, a secret at the heart of a desert, and the mystery of the elusive Dust. The Secret Commonwealth is truly a book for our times; a powerful adventure and a thought-provoking look at what it is to understand yourself, to grow up and make sense of the world around you. This is storytelling at its very best from one of our greatest writers.