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After the fantasy of The Golden Compass, it's very jarring, and extremely effecting, to see The Subtle Knife, the second of the His Dark Materials trilogy, begin on our own Earth. The story of Will's discovery of the knife, the places that it leads him, and his meeting of Lyra, is as engaging as the book that preceded this one. I'm giving it lower marks because the story isn't as muscular or focused; sometimes it feels like we're killing time until the third book. Nevertheless, this is first-rate fantasy, and an enjoyably necessary step to the trilogy's conclusion.