There, characters’ inner selves exist as physical companions that take the form of animals called dæmons. The stunning full-color art offers both new and returning readers a chance to experience the story of Lyra, an ordinary girl with an extraordinary role to play in the fates of multiple worlds, in an entirely new way. The Golden Compass is set in a universe that is parallel to our own. As she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win-or to lose-this more-than-mortal battle. Living among scholars in the hallowed halls of. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle-a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, and a mysterious substance known as Dust. Get FREE shipping on His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) by Philip Pullman, from. Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her dæmon familiar always by her side. Annotation: The world of Philip Pullman’s internationally bestselling His Dark Materials saga is brought to visual life in book 1 of a three-volume graphic adaptation of The Golden Compass.
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