<P> The second book, The Secret Commonwealth, begins with Lyra as a 20 - year - old undergraduate and involves her journeying to the Far East via the Levant . No publication date has been officially announced, but at the launch of La Belle Sauvage, Pullman announced that it was complete and has said that he hopes it will be out a year after La Belle Sauvage . As of September 2017, work on the third book had not commenced . </P> <P> The Secret Commonwealth takes its title from a compilation of folklore by Robert Kirk that Pullman has said is one of his favourite books . </P>

When is the next book of dust coming out