(W) Philip Pullman, Stephane Melchior (A) Thomas Gilbert. This graphic novel adaptation of The Subtle Knife is a great entry point for readers new to the remarkable world of His Dark Materials and an exciting new look at the classic from Philip Pullman. The stunning full-color art in this graphic novel offers both new and returning readers a chance to experience the story of Lyra* an ordinary girl with an extraordinary role to play in the fates of multiple worlds* in an entirely new way. In The Subtle Knife* Lyra steps into a new world and meets Will a boy on the run* a murderer a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels. Each is searching Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter* Will for his missing father but what they find instead is a deadly secret* a knife of untold power. And neither Lyra nor Will suspects how tightly their lives* their loves* their destinies are bound together...until they are split apart.