Dark Materials. Book 1. Northern Lights

Imagine a world very similar to ours, but alongside humans and technologies live fantastic creatures — witches and armoured bears, and a human's soul can take the form of an animal — a daemon. Twelve-year-old orphan Lyra Belacqua and her daemon Pantalaimon live in Oxford. Her uncle — the powerful Lord Asriel – arrives at the college to organize an expedition to the North. The purpose of his trip is to uncover the origin of the mysterious Dust, which can be seen in photographs taken in those places. 

Shortly after her uncle's departure, mysterious Priests kidnap Lyra's friend, a servant boy named Roger. 

There are chilling legends that they take children to the distant North, where they do terrible things to them. 

Lyra sets out to find her friend, not yet knowing what secrets about herself and the world she will have to uncover. 

3 reasons to buy this book: 

1. A luxurious gift edition! The printing on the edges of all three volumes forms a single image of the northern lights. The dust jacket unfolds into a vibrant poster. Inside, there are portraits of the characters and their daemons. A map of the world on the endpapers. A hand-drawn title page by the author at the beginning of each chapter. It has also undergone a new editing process and corrected typos from previous editions.

2. One of the best works for children and teenagers, beloved by both children and their parents. 

3. Over 17 million copies sold in 40 languages worldwide!