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The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust Series #2)

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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

The future of the world seems to depend on one thing — Dust. Lyra and Malcolm are on their way to discover the truth and bring peace once and for all. Or so they hope.

The #1 New York Times Bestseller!

Return to the world of His Dark Materials in the second volume of Philip Pullman’s new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust.


The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue’s youth are long behind her—or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia’s College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying ...

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