La Belle Sauvage
About this book
Malcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much noticed himself. And so perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a spy....
Malcolm's father runs an inn called the Trout, on the banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors. Malcolm and his daemon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, and the occasional scandal, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm catches wind of something new: intrigue.
He finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust--and the spy it was intended for finds *him*.
When she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, Malcom sees suspicious characters everywhere: the explorer Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the Magisterium; a gyptian named Coram with warnings just for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with an evil monkey for a daemon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl--just a baby--named Lyra.
*Lyra* is the kind of person who draws people in like magnets. And Malcolm will brave any danger, and make shocking sacrifices, to bring her safely through the storm.
This description comes from the publisher. *La Belle Sauvage* is the first volume of the Book of Dust trilogy, which takes place in the world of the His Dark Materials trilogy, the first of which is *The Golden Compass* or *Northern Lights*.
The Book of Dust · 3 books
In publication order- 1 La Belle Sauvage 2017 This book
- 2 The Secret Commonwealth 2019
- The Rose Field 2025
Subjects
- adventure and adventurers
- adventure and adventurers, fiction
- babies
- belacqua, lyra (fictitious character), fiction
- children's fiction
- demonology
- familiars (spirits)
- fantasy
- fantasy fiction
- ficción
- fiction
- friendship
- friendship, fiction
- infants
- juvenile fiction
- lyra belacqua (fictional character)
- lyra belacqua (fictitious character)
- magic
- materiales en español
- new york times bestseller
- nyt:young-adult-hardcover=2017-11-05
- spanish language
- spanish language materials
- spies
- taverns (inns)
- voyages and travels
- young adult fiction