Malcolm Polstead's Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even. He is happiest playing with his deamon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta is, it seems, set to become increasingly far from ordinary. Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is forced to undertake the challenge of his life: to make a dangerous journey that will change him and Lyra for ever.

A prequal to His Dark Materials trilogy.

Left on the exchange shelf.