Once Upon a Time in the North

Philip Pullman

2008 • 112 pages

Ratings35

Average rating3.6

In a time before Lyra Silvertongue was born, the tough American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armoured bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves right in the middle of a political powder keg.

Fantasy.

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His Dark Materials is a 7-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Philip Pullman.

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Amy

I love Lee Scorsby. I love Iorek Byrnison. But most of all, I love Hester. I want ten million more stories about the three of them.

January 11, 2012

Lucy

A brilliant little short story offering insight into Lee, Hester and Iorek.

October 4, 2022

Nithou

Peut être un peu subjectif, mais une joie de retrouver quelques personnages des Royaumes du Nord pour une courte nouvelle, cet univers me manquait tellement <3

October 4, 2014