{"product_id":"his-dark-materials-once-upon-a-time-in-the-north-paperback","title":"His Dark Materials: Once Upon a Time in the North - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHIS DARK MATERIALS \u003c\/i\u003eIS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, JAMES McAVOY, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby--Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua--is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he and his hare daemon Hester are quickly tangled in a deadly plot involving an oil magnate, a corrupt mayoral candidate, and Lee's longtime nemesis from the Dakota Country, a hired killer with at least 20 murders to his name. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's only after Lee forms an alliance with one of the island's reviled armored bears that he can fight to break up the conspiracy in a gun-twirling classic western shoot out--and battle of wits. A glimpse for Pullman fans into the first friendship of two of the most beloved characters in the His Dark Materials trilogy: Lee Scoresby and armored bear Iorek Byrnison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** THE BOOK OF DUST **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Belle Sauvage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy, which has been named one of the top 100 books of all time by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003eand one of the all-time greatest novels by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly.\u003c\/i\u003e Pullman was knighted for his services to literature in the 2019 New Years Honours. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Book of Dust, Pullman's eagerly anticipated return to the world of His Dark Materials, will also be a book in three parts. It began with \u003ci\u003eLa Belle Sauvage \u003c\/i\u003eand continues with \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Philip Pullman is the author of many other beloved novels. 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