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 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, dedicated to keeping the world free--must join forces with his ageless master Merriman and Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the Light. Drawn in with them are the three Drew children, who are mortal, but have their own vital part in the story. These six fight fear and death in the darkly brooding Welsh hills, in a quest through time and space that touches the most ancient myths of the British Isles and that brings Susan Cooper's masterful sequence of novels to a satisfying close.©1977 Susan Cooper; (P)2002 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, an Imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group Arthurian Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Fiction Primary Education Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy
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Love this but please can't you get 'Over sea, under stone' and 'The dark is rising'?

Final part of one of my favourite sequences

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I love all these books and this is almost an excellent rendition...it's such a shame that the little research it would have taken to get the Welsh pronunciation correct was not done. The, otherwise, engaging performance is however marred by the garbled approximation of the Welsh.

Almost excellent

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Excellent story however as someone who has lived in the village of Aberdyfi for over 40 years it a pity Alex Jennings didn't learn how to pronounce Aberdyfi correctly as well as other Welsh words and place names in the story.

Excellent story poor pronunciation

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Hats off to Audible, they have a great policy where when a Book is exchanged, the unwanted remains in the Customer's Library....that is what happened...The Dark is Rising sat in my Library, unwanted and unlistened to because I wasn't willing to give the voice of Alex Jennings a go... but did, under protest and glad I did. Four purchases later (quids-in Audible) I came to Silver on the Tree the last part of the Dark is Rising Series. What an utter entertainment it has been and Jennings is a real find, if you stick with him. Over 30 years ago I read this as a Kid and much like Rowlings' Potter Books, I think Cooper's talent is able to transcend Childrens' Literature and encompass the grown-up World.

Revisited Childhood fav after more than 30 yrs.

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The story was good, the peformance was good, but the sound quality of the recording was poor when comoared to the previous entries.

Bad Sound Quality

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