La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One

Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua . . .

Malcolm Polstead, in varsta de unsprezece ani, si demonul sau, Asta, locuiesc impreuna cu parintii sai la Trout Inn langa Oxford. Peste raul Tamisa (pe care Malcolm il navigheaza adesea folosind iubita sa canoe, o barca pe nume La Belle Sauvage) se afla Prioria Godstow in care locuiesc calugaritele.