Why is Northern Lights called The Golden Compass?
The Golden Compass – Book One of His Dark Materials – Alternatively known as Northern Lights Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar, Pantalaimon, always by her side. When her uncle, Lord Asriel, returns from the North with tales of mystery and danger, it seems to have little to do with her – even the rumor of the severed child. But his visit sets off a chain of events that draws Lyra into the heart of a terrible struggle…
