Chris Wormell

Lyra Silvertongue is far from her Oxford home, searching for her demon, Pantalaimon, and the imagination he fears she has lost. Malcolm Polstead, the loyal unlikely hero of Lyra's past, has also journeyed across the world, in search of her. They race east, along the ancient Silk Roads, towards the red building in the desert that they hope will give them the answers they seek on the meaning of Dust and the roses connected to it.
As they do so, their quests converge in dangerous, breathtaking and world-changing ways - ways that will lead them to accept help from spies and thieves, gryphons and witches, old friends and new. But all around them are powerful enemies, including the mighty Magisterium, at war against all Lyra holds dear. And with each passing day, the world is ever more terrifying - aflame with fear, power, and greed.
And now the final part begins...