The Book of Dust (Volume 1): La Belle Sauvage
by Philip Pullman, 2017

I enjoyed Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy (Golden Compass or Northern Lights, Subtle Knife, and Amber Spyglass) as a kid. This new trilogy, The Book of Dust, revisits that universe. The first book, which I listened to on a recent road trip, takes place before the Golden Compass, and Lyra is a baby. The next two books supposedly take place after the events of the original trilogy, with the second volume due out in October.

This book is pretty dark. Pullman said the trilogy name could easily be ‘His Darker Materials’. So buyer beware before giving it to an impressionable child.

A thriller, like the originals. Well-written, though relies a bit too much on the supernatural at points.