The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone / The Dark Is Rising / Greenwitch / The Grey King / Silver on the Tree - Hardcover

Cooper, Susan

 
9781442489684: The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone / The Dark Is Rising / Greenwitch / The Grey King / Silver on the Tree

Synopsis

<b>Epic. Bestselling. Award-winning. The complete Dark Is Rising Sequence is now available as one keepsake collection.</b><br><br>Will Stanton&#8217;s ordinary life is shattered with the dreadful revelation that the Dark&#8212;the source of all evil&#8212;is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. He finds that he is no ordinary boy, but the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping mankind free from the Dark. Soon Will is swept up in the great battle, along with his ageless master, Merriman; the three Drew children, who are mortal but have their own vital part to play; and a strange boy named Bran. These six fight fear and death in a quest through time and space interwoven with the most ancient myths of the islands of Britain&#8212;until, at last, Will and Bran find the weapon that will ultimately vanquish the Dark.<br> <br>One of the most celebrated fantasy sequences of all time, The Dark Is Rising is a searing, epic rendering of the eternal conflict between good and evil. This complete collection includes <i>Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; </i>and<i> Silver on the Tree</i>.

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About the Author

Susan Cooper is one of our foremost children&#8217;s authors; her classic five-book fantasy sequence The Dark Is Rising has sold millions of copies worldwide. Her many books have won the Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor, and the <i>Boston Globe-Horn Book</i> Award, and been shortlisted five times for the Carnegie Medal. She combines fantasy with history in&#160;<i>Victory</i> (a <i>Washington Post</i> Top Ten for Children novel),<i> King of Shadows</i> and <i>Ghost Hawk</i>, and her magical&#160;<i>The Boggart and the Monster</i>, second in a trilogy, won the Scottish Arts Council&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Book Award. Susan Cooper lives on a saltmarsh island in Massachusetts, and you can visit her online at TheLostLand.com.

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