What is he? A friend or an enemy? He is a murderer. Will has just killed a man. He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city, and to a girl, Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own, and together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds...
Will is on the run, and his attempts to find his father lead him to another world. where he encounters a girl called Lyra. But even in another world, Will cannot evade those who seek to destroy him, and thus his journey continues - Lyra and Wills destinies are intertwined and their quests are more closely linked than they could have ever imagined.
Luke is having a rough year. When his parents split up, his mum drags him to Phoenix, a brand-new town in the middle of nowhere. But Phoenix is no ordinary town. There are no cars, no phones and no internet. Luke thinks this is as weird as it gets. Then he discovers that someone is plotting to wipe out the human race.