Together Lyra and Pan try to guide the daemon to the home of Sebastian Makepeace-an alchemist living in a part of Oxford known as Jericho-but it is a journey fraught with more danger than they had at first anticipated. The daemon heads straight for Lyra (the creature was given Lyra’s name as somebody who might help) and is given shelter. Northern Lights (titled The Golden Compass in North America and some other countries) is a young-adult fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, published in 1995 by Scholastic UK. It's difficult to tell.'Ī very sumptuous and lovingly crafted but tantalizingly brief book, Lyra's Oxford begins when Lyra and Pantalaimon spot a witch's daemon called Ragi being pursued over the rooftops of Oxford by a frenzied pack of birds. Pullman, in his introduction, suggests that the peripheral items within 'might be connected with the story, or they might not they might be connected to stories that haven’t appeared yet. Zenobia, and a postcard from the inventor of the amber spyglass, Mary Malone. Lyra and the birds - Oxford by train, river and zeppelin (map) - Cruise by S.S. But, their peace is shattered by Ragi, the daemon of the witch Yelena, who is searching for a healing elixir to cure his witch. A companion for fans who have enjoyed the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra’s Oxford is a short story that follows Lyra on one of her adventures. Lyra and Pantalaimon (now a pine-marten) are back at Oxford. A pint-sized pocket volume, Lyra's Oxford packages together a short story set in the same universe as his famous trilogy, a fold-out map of the alternate-reality city of Oxford, a short brochure for a cruise to The Levant aboard the S.S. Starting at 12 PM ET on Wednesday August 23, we’re giving away a FREE audiobook download of Lyra’s Oxford: His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.

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Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman