His Dark Materials III. The Amber Spyglass.

First edition. Thick 8vo. Pp. [viii], 548, [2, acks], [2, blank]. Publisher's black cloth boards, lettered in gold to front board and spine; brick-red endpapers. Dustwrapper illustration by David Scutt (priced £14.99 to front flap).

The third and final volume of Pullman's His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy. Named Children's Book of the Year at the 2001 British Book Awards. Winner of the 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year Award, the first children's book to be so honoured. Longlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize. Ranked sixth in The Guardian's 2019 list of 'The 100 best books of the 21st century'.

The adventures of Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, wanderers of parallel universes, where human souls take the form of animal companions called dæmons. An inverted retelling of John Milton's epic Paradise Lost, with Pullman commending humanity for what Milton saw as its most tragic failing, original sin. Pullman has been attacked by the right for his criticism of dogma in organised religion, although more moderate men of the cloth such as the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, have argued that Pullman's works should instead be included in religious education.

The trilogy has been adapted for the stage by Nicholas Wright, while a film adaptation of the first in the series under its American title The Golden Compass was released by New Line Cinema in 2007. It featured Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, and Christopher Lee in principal roles.

"Pullman has created the last great fantasy masterpiece of the twentieth century. An astounding achievement." –The Cincinnati Enquirer