His Dark Materials: Serpentine Audiobook By Philip Pullman cover art

His Dark Materials: Serpentine

 Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime
Try for $0.00
More purchase options
Buy for $7.20

Buy for $7.20

A bewitching tale with a fascinating new glimpse of young Lyra and her dæmon, Pantalaimon. This companion to the New York Times bestselling His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust series follows Pullman's beloved characters on a brand new adventure.

After the world-altering events of The Amber Spyglass, Lyra and Pan find themselves irrevocably changed. In this new companion story, set after the stunning conclusion to the original His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Pan will journey to the far North once more, hoping to ask the Consul of Witches a most urgent question.
This brand-new story, a beguiling must-read for Pullman fans old and new, is a perfect companion to His Dark Materials and a fascinating bridge to The Book of Dust. Classics Fantasy & Magic Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Social & Life Skills Science Fiction & Fantasy

Critic reviews

“[Serpentine] brings with it all the familiar delights of Pullman’s work: its effortless clarity, its intelligence, its ineffable mix of coziness and darkness, innocence and experience.” —Lev Grossman, The New York Times

"A poignant return to Lyra and Pan."—The Wall Street Journal

"Lovely." —Slate

“A fitting prologue to The Secret Commonwealth, . . . . Serpentine is a very well-written piece, with good dialogue and beautiful imagery.” —The Nerd Daily

“It’s a joy of a book.” —The Scotsman
Enjoyable Companion • Sublime Story • Pleasing Voice • Great Writing • Satisfying Continuation

Highly rated for:

All stars
Most relevant
I really liked the backstory of this little novella. I am happy it is published now and I cannot wait for the third book in “His Darker Materials” opus. The conversation between Lyra and Pantalaimon is beautiful. Thank you!

Backstory is great!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Lovely story with a pleasing voice to tell it, will recommend to friends who haven't heard of the little extra stories after HDM

great writing and sound quality

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I'm divided. The story is really short, but great. I don't know exactly why it needed to be published as a book. It's almost a footnote. But is great as the rest of the entire story of Lyra and Pan.

Short

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Looking forward to the Book of Dust trilogy as this little snip-it was cute but not enough to satisfy my curiosity about what happened to Lyra and Will at the end of the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Cute but short

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Fun being back in Lyra and Pan’s world but I wish it was a little bit longer.

Good but too short

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews