The Rose Field

Lyra Silvertongue is a young woman now, and she has lost Pantalaimon. Her dæmon is gone from her side, and she sets out to find him across a vast world of many different cultures.

She does not travel alone. Malcolm Polstead, who once taught her, goes with her, and so does the scholar Abdel Ionides. The three of them cross territory where the Magisterium's influence reaches far and wide.

This is the third and final novel in the Book of Dust trilogy, set years after the events of the earlier books. It is a fantasy that mixes adventure with mysticism, and it follows Lyra as she grows into adulthood. The alethiometer remains a mystery, and the link between humans and their dæmons is central to the search.

Lyra has to face what her past has left behind, and her future is far from settled. Whether she can reach Pantalaimon, and who she will be when she does, is the question the whole book turns on.