A Companion To His Dark Materials; The Golden Compass
Summary:
In this prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee ScoresbyTexan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacquais just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he and his hare daemon Hester are quickly tangled in a deadly plot involving an oil magnate, a corrupt mayoral candidate, and Lee's longtime nemesis from the Dakota Country, a hired killer with at least twenty murders to his name.
Series:
A Companion To His Dark Materials; The Golden Compass
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