About this title: Continuing the story begun in OVER SEA, UNDER STONE, THE DARK IS RISING is the second book in Susan Cooper's popular fantasy quintet. Here readers meet Will Stanton, the seventh son of a seventh son, who, on his 11th birthday, discovers that he is an Old One, a group of immortals charged with saving the world from the evil forces known as the Dark ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780590433198ISBN:0590433199
Description: Good in Unknown jacket. Good Cover has very mild corner wear and a light crease line at edge of spine. Mark on first page only. Block lightly age toned. No other faults. read more
Edition: Aladdin Paperbacks
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780689710872ISBN:0689710879
Description: slight shelfwear, copy has never been read, pages yellowing due to age, very clean & tight reading copy. Mass Market (Rack) PB, glued binding, 244 pp. Book 2 Dark is Rising Sequence read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780689710872ISBN:0689710879
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 232 p. Dark Is Rising Sequence (Paperback). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 232 p. Dark is Rising Sequence (Paperback). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780590433198ISBN:0590433199
Description: Good. Spine is smooth. Covers show some wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. 0395618800 Book free of markings. Cover shows moderate wear, light creases. Interior & spine evidence typical use; overall, a very serviceable copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Aladdin
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780689710872ISBN:0689710879
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Has some wear, small tears in bottom of front and back cover by spine, top corner of front cover a little bent. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 232 p. Dark Is Rising Sequence (Paperback). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"'The Dark is Rising' is the second of the five books that make up the Dark is Rising Sequence. It is also undoubtedly my favourite of them, though the others come pretty close behind. I first picked thos book up years ago and immediately fell in love with it and its almost quintessential Englishness. The story in this book revolves around Will Stanton, who has just turned eleven and discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, a group of immortal beings who protect the world from the forces of the drak. In order to help them in this formidable battle, Will has to find and collect the six signs of the light in time to hold back the forces of the dark led by the Black Rider. Helped by his friend and mentor Merriman Lyon and the other Old Ones, Will tries to fulifill his task whilst coming into his powers and slipping back and forth in time, while at the same time trying to protect his large, loving family from harm. The fact that the book takes place around Christmas time helps immensely and I always feel very warm and comfortable as I read of the Stanton's preparations for Christmas!
'The Dark is Rising' is one of my favourite books and part of my favourite fantasy series. By no means be put off by the frankly abysmal film adaptation ('The Seeker') that spoils the book, practically rewriting it and making the main character American and setting it in modern day instead of about fifty years ago. The book is infinitely better than the horrible film so please do not be afraid to pick it up and enjoy what is in my opinion a very British and very much underrated fantasy novel for people of all ages. Enjoy!"
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