Episode 2

Lyra Silvertongue finds herself caught up in a conspiracy when her dæmon witnesses a murder.

Whilst travelling in disguise, Lyra finds her quest to be even more treacherous than she imagined.

Philip Pullman’s second volume of his acclaimed The Book of Dust trilogy.

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts abridged by Doreen Estall.

Concluded by Simon Russell Beale.

Lyra Silvertongue is now 20 years old, and her dæmon Pantalaimon, forced to navigate their relationship in a way they could never have imagined, and drawn into the complex and dangerous factions of a world that they had no idea existed.

They must travel far beyond the edges of Oxford, across Europe and into Asia, in search for what is lost – a city haunted by dæmons, a secret at the heart of a desert, and the mystery of the elusive Dust.

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2019.