In the third and final chapter of "His Dark Materials" Trilogy, Will is the bearer of the knife. Now, accompanied by angels, his task is to deliver that powerful, dangerous weapon to Lord Asriel - by the command of his dying father.

But how can he go loooking for Lord Asriel, when Lyra is gone? Only with her help can he fathom the myriad plots and intrigues that beset him. The two great powers of the many worlds are lining up for war, and Wiil must find Lyra, for together they ar on their way to battle, an inevitale journey that will even take them to the world of the dead...