Publisher's Synopsis
All five books in Susan Cooper's epic, bestselling, and Newbery Medal-winning The Dark Is Rising sequence are now available together in a paperback keepsake boxed set with a brand-new look!
Will Stanton's ordinary life is shattered with the dreadful revelation that the Dark--the source of all evil--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 mortal Drew children with their own vital part to play; and a strange boy named Bran. These six servants of the Light fight fear and death in a quest through time and space interwoven with the most ancient myths of the islands of Britain--searching for the weapon that will ultimately vanquish the Dark. This thrilling paperback collection includes:Over Sea, Under Stone
The Dark Is Rising
Greenwitch
The Grey King
Silver on the Tree
