Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials)

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A short story connected to the first book from The Book of Dust series, La Belle Sauvage included in the re-print edition by Yearling

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Lee is taken to the Barents Sea Company Depot, where his balloon is stored, under the pretence of being arrested by the Customs Authority. Lund and her now fiancé Lieutenant Haugland assist Scoresby and Byrnison in their escape by air, closely avoiding the Larsen Manganese troops that are coming to arrest Scoresby. A newspaper article written by Oskar Siggurdson that offers a different spin on the events. It describes Lee and Iorek as villains and mentions that the incidents in Novy Odense merely serve to reinforce Ivan Dimitrovich Poliakov's belief as to the dangers of the bears. Once Upon a Time in the North is a fantasy short story by Philip Pullman published on 3 April 2008 in the United Kingdom. It is a prequel to the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials) Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials)

On 14 April, Lee Scoresby, a 24-year-old aëronaut, and his dæmon Hester land in the town of Novy Odense, a harbour town on an island in the White Sea belonging to Muscovy, looking for work.

As well as the main story, the limited edition of the book also contains a few extras. These include: Peril of the Pole, a board game mentioned in the story which is based on the Rally to the Pole race.