Golden Compass - Black Matter Trilogy. One

Author: (British) Philip Pullman
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Philip Pullman is a renowned contemporary British writer. His masterpiece, "His Dark Materials Trilogy," has taken the global book world by storm, selling over ten million copies, and is the most anticipated fantasy epic in the world! Its plot twists rival "Harry Potter," while its grandeur surpasses "The Lord of the Rings." This book is one of the trilogy, and the same-named movie is being meticulously crafted by the original cast of "The Lord of the Rings." "The Golden Compass" won the Carnegie Medal and the highest prize for children's literature in the UK, the "Guardian Children's Fiction Prize." The author was also called "the best Anglo-Saxon fantasy novelist after J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings," and won the third Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2005. This is an extraordinary world where a person's soul is a spirit in animal form, and humans and spirits are inseparable; otherwise, life would cease to exist.
Lara, thirteen years old and raised in Oxford in this world, has no love from her family. She doesn’t know her wealthy and powerful parents, who have become her enemies, nor does she know about the world-shaking curse she carries: She spends her days freely playing with her companions and their spirits, growing into a cunning, reckless, and lying wild girl. However, the terrifying prophecy cannot be resisted. Lara is destined to take on the role of the savior, playing the part of Eve, the mother of humanity: The feared "Dust" appears, the Glutton wanders in every corner of the city, her companions disappear one after another without explanation, and the happiest times come to an end with the loss of her close friend Roger. A huge conspiracy is brewing.
Thus, with the help of a golden compass—the Truth-Teller, which she alone can understand and predict the future—Lara, unaware of the dangers, decides to find the children taken by the evil scientists. From then on, she begins her arduous journey to save the world. She heads toward the unknown North Pole. What awaits her are armored bears, witches, angels, cliff specters, and even the Spirit-Cutting Machine, which can end life. And the one leading her step by step into the realm of death is her father, the natural scientist Lord Asriel, and her mother, the fervent fundamentalist Kurtis.
Like all great stories, this work is profound in meaning, almost encompassing all the thrills and excitement you can imagine. Among the contemporary Anglo-Saxon fantasy novelists, Pullman is undoubtedly one of the most creative "creators," the successor and inheritor of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings.