His Dark Materials: Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman

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His Dark Materials: Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman

A not-to-be-missed prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe.

Lee Scoresby--Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua--is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he and his hare daemon Hester are quickly tangled in a deadly plot involving an oil magnate, a corrupt mayoral candidate, and Lee's longtime nemesis from the Dakota Country, a hired killer with at least twenty murders to his name.

It's only after Lee forms an alliance with one of the island's reviled armored bears that he can fight to break up the conspiracy in a gun-twirling classic western shoot out--and battle of wits. A glimpse for Pullman fans into the first friendship of two of the most beloved characters in the His Dark Materials trilogy: Lee Scoresby and armored bear Iorek Byrnison.

Don't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials
** THE BOOK OF DUST **
La Belle Sauvage
The Secret Commonwealth

PHILIP PULLMAN is one of today's most well-known authors. He is most known for the His Dark Materials trilogy, which was rated one of Newsweek's top 100 books of all time and one of Entertainment Weekly's all-time greatest novels. In the 2019 New Year's Honours, Pullman was knighted for his contributions to literature. Pullman's highly awaited return to the universe of His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust, will be a three-part novel. The Hidden Commonwealth continues the story that began with La Belle Sauvage.

Philip Pullman is the author of a number of other well-known works. I Was a Rat! is a book for younger kids. Sally Lockhart's quartet (The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well, and The Tin Princess), The White Mercedes, and The Broken Bridge are recommended for adult readers. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm is his great compilation, while Dmon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling is a collection of his essays and lectures on writing and storytelling.

Philip Pullman is an English author who lives in Oxford.

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ISBN 13 9780399555442
ISBN 10 0399555447
Title His Dark Materials: Once Upon a Time in the North
Author Philip Pullman
Series His Dark Materials
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2017-09-05
Number of pages 144
Prizes Winner of Book Sense Children's Pick List 2008
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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