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Author | Philip Pullman |
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Illustrator | Christopher Wormell |
Language | English |
Series | The Book of Dust |
Release number | 3 |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Penguin Random House |
Publication date | 23 October 2025 [1] |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
ISBN | 978-0-241-79757-0 |
Preceded by | The Secret Commonwealth |
The Rose Field is a forthcoming fantasy novel by Philip Pullman. [2] It is the third volume in The Book of Dust series and the final book about the character Lyra Silvertongue. [2] [3] The book will be published on 23 October 2025 by David Fickling Books in association with Penguin Random House and Alfred A. Knopf. [2] [3] [4] The Rose Field is set directly after The Secret Commonwealth , which was published in 2019. [4]
The story follows the events of the previous book, as Lyra is alone in search of her dæmon and Malcolm has travelled in search of her. [2] It is set twenty years or so after the events of La Belle Sauvage and ten years after the conclusion of the His Dark Materials trilogy. [2]
TheRose Field of the title refers to a field in the sense of a magnetic or gravitational field, first mentioned in the opening chapters of Northern Lights during a discussion of the mysterious phenomenon called Dust. [3]