Lyra is still searching for her father, Lord Asriel, and trying to guess his plans, while Will hopes to find his father, John Parry. Still in possession of the alethiometer, Lyra joins forces with Will, who gradually learns that he is destined to be the bearer of the "subtle knife," whose powers are tremendous and miraculous. Will, whose explorer father John Parry disappeared in Alaska searching for a window between the worlds a decade ago, finds himself on the run from mysterious and threatening men - one of whom he accidentally kills - and finds a window into an alternate world where he meets Lyra (who now calls herself Lyra Silvertongue). This third universe turns out to have been a way station for travellers from the other dimensions. This second book ranges across three parallel Earths: the one from the first book that featured Lyra, the one we know in which we meet 11-year-old Will Parry, and a third one where most of the grownups have been sucked dry of life by Spectres who cannot be seen by and cannot hurt children. The first book in this trilogy took place on a planet very much like Earth but different in several striking ways.
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