La maldición del rubí es el primer número de Sally en donde se nos presenta a una chica de 16 educada para ser una mujer independiente, en un siglo donde la mujer no lo era tanto. Sus conocimientos en economía, finanzas e inversiones igualan y superan a los mejores en su tiempo, como lo fué su padre.

En fin. Sally no será lo mejor del mundo, sin embargo logra conjugar aventuras infantiles y una trama un tanto detectivesca.

The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heartstopping close, marking the third volume as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the armored bear, The Amber Spyglass introduces a host of new characters: the Mulefa, mysterious wheeled creatures with the power to see Dust; Gallivespian Lord Roke, a hand-high spy-master to Lord Asriel; and Metatron, a fierce and mighty angel. And this final volume brings startling revelations, too: the painful price Lyra must pay to walk through the land of the dead, the haunting power of Dr. Malone's amber spyglass, and the names of who will live—and who will die—for love. And all the while, war rages with the Kingdom of Heaven, a brutal battle that—in its shocking outcome— will reveal the secret of Dust.

In The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman deftly weaves the cliffhangers and mysteries of The Golden Compass and The Subtle. Knife into an earth-shattering conclusion— and confirms his fantasy trilogy as an undoubted and enduring classic.

In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the compass of the title. All around her children are disappearing—victims of so-called "Gobblers"—and being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.

The Golden Compass forms the first part of a story in three volumes. The first volume is set in a universe like ours, but different in many ways. The second volume is set partly in the universe we know. The third volume will move between the universes.

From the writer of The Golden Compass – controversial for its depiction of a patriarchal and inhumane Catholic-like institution – comes an articulation of his belief through the "myth" of the life of Jesus Christ.

Does for the Gospels what Wicked did for The Wizard of Oz. The book covers similar themes to Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible.

The universe has broken wide, and Lyra's friend lies dead. Desperate for answers and set on revenge, Lyra bursts into a new world in pursuit of his killer. Instead, she finds Will, just twelve years old and already a murderer himself. He's on a quest as fierce as Lyra's, and together they strike out into this sunlit otherworld.

But Cittagazze is a strange and haunted place. Soul-eating Specters stalk its streets while, high above, the wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. And in the mysterious Torre degli Angeli lurks Cittagazze's deadly secret—an object of extraordinary and devastating power.

On this journey marked by danger, Will and Lyra forge ahead. But with every step and each new horror, they move closer to the greatest threat of all—and the shattering truth of their own destiny.

Akcja „Zorzy północnej” – pierwszego tomu trylogii pt. „Mroczne materie” – rozgrywa się we wszechświecie podobnym do naszego, ale jednocześnie różniącym się od niego pod wieloma względami.

Akcja drugiego tomu dzieje się we wszechświecie, który znamy.

Tom trzeci to podróż między tymi wszechświatami.

Het gouden kompas is het boek van de zoektocht van Lyra naar haar verdwenen vriend Roger, die haar naar de bleke schoonheid van het Noorden brengt. In Het listige mes ontmoet Lyra de twaalfjarige Will, die een man heeft vermoord. En in De amberkleurige kijker ondernemen Lyra en Will een onontkoombare reis die hen zelfs naar de wereld van de doden zal voeren. Philip Pullman won vele prijzen, waaronder de Smarties Prize, de Carnegie Medal, The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, de Whitbread Award en de prestigieuze Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Van Pullmans spannende en beroemde trilogie Het Noorderlicht werden wereldwijd meer dan tien miljoen exemplaren verkocht, en het eerste deel, Het gouden kompas, is verfilmd als The Golden Compass.