“It doesn’t stand before or after His Dark Materials, but beside it. It is neither a prequel nor a sequel nor a standalone. Pullman has also coined a new publishing term to describe the forthcoming work. Plot details are under wraps until publication, of course, but in a statement provided by his publishers, Pullman shared that the book is set 10 years before the events of The Golden Compass and centers on Lyra Belacqua, heroine of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a series that has sold more than 17.5 million copies in 40 languages since its debut in 1996. edition Listening Library will simultaneously publish an audiobook edition. Penguin Random House Children’s and David Fickling Books will publish the U.K. publisher, plans a first printing of 500,000 copies. (For a book 12 years in the making, it is probably safe to assume there will be not only a “cover reveal,” but a “title reveal,” too.) The Book of Dust is “a work in three parts.” The titles for each volume, if they have been decided upon, are closely guarded secrets.
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