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Read by Alex Jennings Approx. 9 hrs. 30 mins. 6 cassettes The final volume of Susan Cooper's brilliant and absorbing fantasy sequence known as The Dark Is Rising. The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton--last-born of the immortal Old Ones,... read more

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First Sentence

Will said, turning a page, "He liked woad. He says - listen - 'the decoction of Woad drunken is good for wounds in bodies of a strong constitution, as of country people, and such as are accustomed to great labour and hard course fare.'"

Table of Contents

Part One: When the Dark Comes Rising

Midsummer's Eve
Black Mink
The Calling
Midsummer Day


Part Two: The Singing Mountains

Five
The Bearded Lake
Afanc
Three from the Track


Part Three: The Lost Land

The City
The Rose-Garden
The Empty Palace
The Journey
The Mari Llwyd
Caer Wydyr
The King of the Lost Land


Part Four: The Midsummer Tree

Sunrise
The Train
The River
The Rising
One Goes Alone

Series

This is book 5 in the The Dark Is Rising Sequence series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Susan Cooper (Author)
 

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