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|<td> This book takes place in a world parallel to our own. There are plenty of world/political similarities and differences, but the most different thing about the reality itself is that there is more... magic involved, to put it simply. Every person has a daemon, a sort of spiritual companion or external part of the self. Children's daemons can shift shape between types of animals, but once adulthood is reached the daemon becomes locked to one form. | |<td> This book takes place in a world parallel to our own. There are plenty of world/political similarities and differences, but the most different thing about the reality itself is that there is more... magic involved, to put it simply. Every person has a daemon, a sort of spiritual companion or external part of the self. Children's daemons can shift shape between types of animals, but once adulthood is reached the daemon becomes locked to one form. | ||
<p>The main character of the book is Lyra, young girl aged a dozen or so. She starts out a real troublesome brat, but when in harsher, more serious situations later on her tenacity and ability to bullshit come in very handy. She lives at Oxford | <p>The main character of the book is Lyra, young girl aged a dozen or so. She starts out a real troublesome brat, but when in harsher, more serious situations later on her tenacity and ability to bullshit come in very handy. She lives at Jordan College in Oxford, having been left there by her important uncle Lord Asriel after the death of her parents. At the beginning of the book, having snuck into a room to see what the college upper-ups meet about, she prevents some from poisoning her visiting uncle, and learns a bit about a mysterious city in the sky seen in the aurora and Dust during their meeting while hidden away, but doesn't get the real gist of it. | ||
<p>Elsewhere in the world there is the mystery of the Gobblers; a group who seems to be stealing children. There are some victims around Oxford, including Lyra's best friend Roger. | <p>Elsewhere in the world there is the mystery of the Gobblers; a group who seems to be stealing children. There are some victims around Oxford, including Lyra's best friend Roger. | ||