Synopses & Reviews
The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton -- last-born
of the immortal Old Ones, dedicated to keeping the world free -- must join forces with his ageless
master Merriman and Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the Light. Drawn in with them are
the three Drew children, who are mortal, but have their own vital part in the story. These six fight
fear and death in the darkly brooding Welsh hills, in a quest through time and space that touches the
most ancient myths of the British Isles, and that brings Susan Cooper's masterful sequence of novels
to a satisfying close.
Synopsis
The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton -- last-born of the immortal Old Ones, dedicated to keeping the world free -- must join forces with his ageless master Merriman and Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the Light. Drawn in with them are the three Drew children, who are mortal, but have their own vital part in the story. These six fight fear and death in the darkly brooding Welsh hills, in a quest through time and space that touches the most ancient myths of the British Isles, and that brings Susan Cooper's masterful sequence of novels to a satisfying close.
About the Author
SUSAN COOPER is best known for her acclaimed sequence of fantasy novels known as The Dark Is
Rising which includes OVER SEA, UNDER STONE; THE DARK IS RISING (1974 Newbery Honor book); GREENWITCH;
THE GREY KING (1976 Newbery Award book); and SILVER ON THE TREE. Her novels for young readers also
include SEAWARD and DAWN OF FEAR. She has written three books for younger children as well: THE SILVER
COW, THE SELKIE GIRL, and TAM LIN, all illustrated by Warwick Hutton. In collaboration with actor
Hume Cronyn, she wrote the Broadway play Foxfire and -- for Jane Fonda -- the television film
The Dollmaker, for which they received the Humanitas Prize in 1985. Born in Buckinghamshire,
England, Susan Cooper moved to the United States in 1963 and now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.