description: In this stunning sequel to Northern Lights, the intrepid Lyra Silvertongue and her daemon, Pantalaimon, find themselves in a shimmering, haunted otherworld - Cittagazze, where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. Here she meets twelve-year-old Will Parry, a fugitive from a third universe. Will has found a small window between Cittagazze and Oxford into this strange new realm. Will's father, an explorer, disappeared years ago, but recently some odd characters have started asking questions about him, and now, having accidentially killed one of them. Will is wanted by the police. Armed with the subtle knife, a tool that cuts any material (including that which separates universes) and Lyra's alethiometer, the children set out to find John Parry, with adults of various stripes in desperate pursuit.
language: English
title: The Subtle Knife
titlecomplete: The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
characters: Serafina Pekkala, Stanislaus Grumman, Hester, Lyra Belacqua, Lee Scoresby, Marisa Coulter, Mary Malone, Pantalaimon, Will Parry
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction Fantasy, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook, Steampunk
ratings_count: 426640
series: His Dark Materials
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Audie Award
category: Children's Titles Ages 8-12, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: North East Teenage Book Award
publisher: Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd