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It's only after Lee forms an alliance with one of the island's reviled armored bears that he can fight to break up the conspiracy in a gun-twirling classic western shoot out--and battle of wits. This exquisite clothbound volume features the illustrations of John Lawrence, a removable board game—Peril of the Pole—on the inside back cover, and a glimpse for Pullman fans into the first friendship of two of the most beloved characters in the His Dark Materials trilogy: Lee Scoresby and armored bear Iorek Byrnison.]]> 3618 3.95 168677 13028 2008 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 23:04:50 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 23:13:14 -0700 2008 His Dark Materials. Where last year's Lyra's Oxford was lean and unsatisfying, Once Upon a Time in the North is rich and rewarding. It's set up like a Louis L'Amour novel and the pacing is superb, culminating in an honest-to-God shootout, with a giant armored bear as...more...]]>