His dark materials setting the trilogy takes place across a multiverse moving between many parallel worlds in northern lights the story titles satan struggles through hell in a gustave dore illustration of paradise lost he had to cross pullman chose plot in jordan college oxford . His dark materials is an epic trilogy of fantasy novels consisting of northern lights 1995 published as the golden compass in north america the subtle knife 1997 and the amber spyglass 2000 it follows the coming of age of two children lyra belacqua and will parry as they wander through a series of parallel universes. The follow up trilogy to his dark materials the book of dust is currently being written la belle sauvage published 19 october 2017 the secret commonwealth published 3 october 2019 tba. His dark materials is an epic trilogy of fantasy novels by philip pullman consisting of northern lights published as the golden compass in north america the subtle knife and the amber spyglass it follows the coming of age of two children lyra belacqua and will parry as they wander through a series of parallel universes