Philip Pullman's final BOOK OF DUST novel, THE ROSE FIELD, will be released this October

Philip Pullman has confirmed the final novel in his Book of Dust trilogy, the prequel/sequel series to His Dark Materials, will be called The Rose Field and will be published on 23 October.

Pullman published the three volumes of His Dark Materials - Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass - in 1995, 1997 and 2000. The trilogy won immense critical acclaim and was adapted for television as a three-season show by the BBC and HBO, as well as a failed movie adaptation in 2007.

Pullman mooted a prequel/sequel series (starting before the events of His Dark Materials and skipping to after) called The Book of Dust for many years before finally releasing the first two volumes, La Belle Sauvage and The Secret Commonwealth, in 2017 and 2019 respectively. The third book will apparently be the last one about the character of Lyra.