The six champions of the Light join forces at last to fight the Dark
in this fifth and final installment of Susan Cooper's epic and
award-winning The Dark Is Rising sequence, now with a brand-new look!
The last great battle between the Light and the Dark has arrived,
engulfing Will Stanton; his ageless master, Merriman; the three heroic
Drew children; and Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny is tied to the
Light.
On a quest through time and space that touches the most ancient myths of
the islands of Britain, the six heroes fight fear and death in the
darkly brooding mountains of Wales. And in the haunting Lost Land, Will
and Bran find dream and nightmare, but also achieve the final talisman
against the Dark: the crystal sword.
In the dreadful last moment when the Dark rises, all the servants of the
Light join to combine the powers of the sword and the six ancient signs.
But even with the Signs on their side, can Light prevail?