The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust 2) | Philip Pullman

<p>**Don&apos;t miss the second series of His Dark Materials on BBC One this November.**<br /><br />From the author of the phenomenal His Dark Materials comes the next chapter in the story of Lyra Silvertongue . . .<br /><br />Lyra is now studying at St Sophia&apos;s College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon.<br /><br />But, for the first time there are serious divisions between the two.<br />Lyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misses the impulsiveness of their youth.<br /><br />When an act of terrible violence breaks the peace of the Oxford night, Lyra and Pan&apos;s relationship reaches a crisis and they are drawn, far from home, into the dangerous factions of a world they had no idea existed.<br /><br />The Secret Commonwealth is truly a book for our times; a powerful adventure and a thought-provoking look at what it is to understand yourself and to grow up and make sense of the world around you.<br /><br />This is storytelling at its very best from one of our