Twenty years after completing the His Dark Materials trilogy, Philip Pullman returns to that unforgettable world with this intriguing tale for young adult readers. Now a teenager, Lyra and her daemon Pan return to the Arctic town of Trollesund where they first met aeronaut Lee Scoresby, hoping to ask the witches' consul Dr. Lanselius a most urgent question. Forming a literary bridge to Pullman's current series The Book of Dust, this novella features Tom Duxbury's beautiful lino-cut illustrations.