His Dark Materials

For those who like fantasy books, I'm just now on the last chapter of the third book of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman.It's wonderful. The plot is set in motion by a man who has set out to overthrow God, gathering an army from every parallel universe he can reach. Heavy with biblical imagery, by a man who has boned up on his bible studies.Perhaps not for any ardent Christians in the audience... it's not kind to organized religion, or to God in general.There are three books: "The Golden Compass", "The Subtle Knife", and "The Amber Spyglass". Go forth and read!

It's written as a kids series... to a degree. But c'mon... the bears are ripping one anothers' jaws off. There's some hardcore stuff in there."The Subtle Knife" is where it starts to get bad. ass. Will (the main character alongside Lyra) is awesome.