Charged particles trapped in the Earth's magnetic field (Northern Lights - Philip Pullman)

Member Name: Theeagle

Product:	Northern Lights - Philip Pullman
Date:	10/12/02 (127 review reads)
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Advantages: It's different and thoroughly readable

Disadvantages: Some parts are a bit violent

Lyra is an unruly tomboy, a natural leader of hordes of children and an extravagant liar. She may be nobly born, but she prefers the company of kitchen boys and street children. The roofs of Jordan College, Oxford, are her highway. Although she is a little wild, her daemon Pantalaimon is the opposite, the voice of her conscience. He tries to keep her in check and watches out for her safety. He can change his form at will to that of any animal.

Lyra isn't the only one with a daemon. In fact all humans have them, a sort of outward expression of the soul. They are linked to their human, and usually may not leave their vicinity. This world shares our geography, as well as certain aspects of our history and world religions. However many aspects are unfamiliar, the daemons being just one.

Summary: It's an alternate dimension.