A review by virginiamoffatt
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

5.0

One of my favourite fantasy books celebrating it's 50th anniversary in 2023. Always love reading along with others at Christmas. I'm a sucker for 7th child of 7th child stories and this one is a corker. It has a great protagonist in Will Stanton as he comes into his powers as an Old One against the scheming of the Dark, facing danger, tough moral choices and grappling with the struggle between being both an 11 year old boy and  the servant of a higher power. Fabulous landscapes, great characters it has everything, and  “The Walker is abroad,” he said again. “And this night will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.”  gets me every single time.