Clockwork

Serpentine: His Dark Materials

Detective Stories (Story Library)

I Was a Rat

The Adventures of John Blake

House in Norham Gardens

The Book of Dust, Book 1: La Belle Sauvage

The Scarecrow and His Servant

His Dark Materials

In this prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby -- Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua -- is 24 years old. The story reveals the origins of Scoresby's friendship with Iorek Byrnison as well as Scoresby's aeronautical career.

After winning his hot-air balloon in a poker game, Scoresby finds himself floating north. On the Arctic island of Novy Odense, Scoresby and his dæmon Hester become involved in a deadly plot involving an oil magnate, a corrupt mayoral candidate, and a hired killer who is Lee's longtime nemesis from the Dakota Country. Forming an alliance with one of the island's reviled armored bears, Scoresby fights to break up the conspiracy.

This clothbound volume features the illustrations of John Lawrence, a removable board game on the inside back cover, and the story that offers a glimpse into the origins of the friendship of two beloved characters in the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Clockwork

Leonid Gore, Philip Pullman, 1996

Serpentine: His Dark Materials

Tom Duxbury, Philip Pullman, 2020

Detective Stories (Story Library)

Philip Pullman, Mark Edwards, 1998

I Was a Rat

Philip Pullman, 1999

The Adventures of John Blake

Fred Fordham, Philip Pullman, 2017

House in Norham Gardens

Penelope Lively, Philip Pullman, 1974

The Book of Dust, Book 1: La Belle Sauvage

Bryony Lavery, Philip Pullman, 2021

The Scarecrow and His Servant

Philip Pullman, Simon Reade, 2009