Title: The Subtle Knife
First published: January 2002
Description: As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.

She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy?

The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.

When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once.

Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld – Cittàgazze, where soul-eating Spectres stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky.

But she is not without allies: twelve-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm.

On a perilous journey from world to world, Lyra and Will uncover a deadly secret: an object of extraordinary and devastating power.

And with every step, they move closer to an even greater threat – and the shattering truth of their own destiny.
Subjects: Fantasy, Juvenile literature, English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Kidnapping, Missing persons, Arctic regions, Children's fiction, Belacqua, lyra (fictitious character), fiction, Large type books, Lyra Belacqua (Fictitious character), Good and evil, Young adult fiction, Science fiction, fantasy, horror, Will Parry (Fictitious character), Space and time, Espace et temps, Romans, Personnes disparues, Enlèvement, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Magic, Magia, Niños, Quests (Expeditions), Experimentos, Novela fantástica, Lugares imaginarios, Personas desaparecidas, Secuestro, Imaginary places, Bien y mal, Experiments, Traducciones al español, Ficción juvenil, Belacqua, Lyra (Personaje literario), Novela fantástica inglesa, Children, Parry, Will (Personaje literario), Translations into Russian, Classics, Audiobooks, Children's Audio - 9-12, Audio: Juvenile, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, JUV, JUV037000, Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic, Children: Grades 1-2, Children's audiobooks, Merveilleux, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Enlèvement de mineurs, Enlèvement (Droit pénal), Roman fantastique, Roman pour la jeunesse, Magie, Univers parallèles, Novela, San bu qu (zuo pin), Chang pian xiao shuo ., Er tong wen xue, Er tong wen xue ., Chinese text, Chang pian xiao shuo
Places: Arctic regions, Regiones árticas, Ying guo
People: Lyra Belacqua, Will Parry
Time periods: Xian dai .