num_pages: 520
description: “The most magnificent fantasy series since The Lord of the Rings.” —The Oregonian  Throughout the worlds, the forces of both heaven and hell are mustering to take part in Lord Asriel’s audacious rebellion. Each player in this epic drama has a role to play--and a sacrifice to make. Witches, angels, spies, assassins, tempters, and pretenders, no one will remain unscathed. Lyra and Will have the most dangerous task of all. They must journey to a gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone and from which there is no escape. As war rages and Dust drains from the sky, the fate of the living--and the dead--to depend on Lyra and Will.  A New York Times BestsellerA Newsweek Top 100 Book of All TimeAn Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest NovelWinner of the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Award.Winner of the British Book Award (Children's)  "Pullman has created the last great fantasy masterpiece of the twentieth century. An astounding achievement." --The Cincinnati Enquirer "Breathtaking adventure . . . a terrific story, eloquently told." --The Boston Globe "War, politics, magic, science, individual lives and cosmic destinies are all here . . . shaped and assembled into a narrative of tremendous pace by a man with a generous, precise intelligence. I am completely enchanted." --The New York Times Book Review "Masterful. . . . This title confirms Pullman's inclusion in the company of C. S. Lewis and Tolkien." --Smithsonian MagazineFrom the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: The Amber Spyglass
titlecomplete: The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
characters: Lee Scoresby, Serafina Pekkala, Pantalaimon, Lord Asriel, Iorek Byrnison, Mary Malone, Stanislaus Grumman, Roger Parslow, Will Parry, Lyra Belacqua, Marisa Coulter
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Young Adult, Childrens, Science Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Steampunk, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 352165
series: His Dark Materials
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Children's Book of the Year and Book of the Year, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: British Book Award
category: Children's Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Audie Award
category: Children's Titles Ages 8-12, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf