It's a sort of companion book, if you like. In the second book she will be twenty years old, she'll be an adult.

So she's not able to do very much, but she's certainly the focus of intense activity on the part of the main protagonists. So in the first one, Lyra is only a baby of about six months. And the second book and subsequent books. Well, the first book is set roughly ten years before the action of His Dark Materials. On where The Book of Dust will fall in the saga Your purchase helps support NPR programming. The second and third volumes will be set ten years after the original trilogy's conclusion, and will follow Lyra as a young woman.Ĭlose overlay Buy Featured Book Title His Dark Materials Author Philip Pullman The first volume will take place a decade before the events of His Dark Materials, when Lyra is an infant. The Book of Dust will return to the world(s) and characters of His Dark Materials, Pullman said, and Lyra will be integral to the new story - but not in the way she was before. Characters included a headstrong and fiercely intelligent young girl named Lyra Belacqua, and an armored, talking polar bear. The events of the first trilogy took place across several parallel worlds - including our own - and touched on disparate ideas related to theology, particle physics, and the loss of childhood innocence. The series has sold over 17.5 million copies and been translated into 40 languages. The original His Dark Materials trilogy consists of three volumes ( The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass) published between 19. The first book of the new series, which will collectively be called The Book of Dust, is set for publication on October 19. The hugely successful fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials will be getting a 'companion' trilogy, author Philip Pullman announced this evening. The first book of a new series will be published in Fall 2017. Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, holds a copy of its concluding volume, The Amber Spyglass.

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