Silver on the Tree, Susan Cooper
Silver on the Tree, Susan Cooper
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Silver on the Tree

Author: Susan Cooper

Narrator: Alex Jennings

Unabridged: 9 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/26/2002


Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Susan Cooper is best known for her acclaimed fantasy series The Dark Is Rising, which also includes Over Sea, Under Stone, The Dark Is Rising (1976 Newbery Honor Book), Greenwitch and The Grey King all of which are now available on audio from Listening Library. She is also the author of The King of Shadows available from Listening Library, read by Jim Dale. Born in Buckinghamshire, England, Susan Cooper moved to the United States in 1963 and now lives in Fairfield, Connecticut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by mark on October 06, 2018

an excellent finale for a smashing series. I particularly appreciated how the chapters alternated between magical duo Will & Bran and the resolutely "normal" Drew children, showing their differing reactions to the Rising. everything comes together nicely in the end. special shout-out to a superb new......more

Goodreads review by David on September 10, 2013

Fire on the mountain shall find the harp of gold Played to wake the Sleepers, oldest of the old; Power from the green witch, lost beneath the sea; All shall find the Light at last, silver on the tree. This was my Harry Potter, you kids. It is still magic. September 2013 reread I still remember the day i......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 15, 2016

Cooper's prose, as always, is gorgeous, and her flair for imagery is enviable, but this final volume in the Dark is Rising sequence disappoints as a novel. The first four volumes were nothing but buildup - and this is nothing but buildup too, until five pages from the end. Like books two, three, and......more

Goodreads review by TheBookSmugglers on April 17, 2015

Well, this was exceedingly disappointing. Silver on the Tree encapsulates and highlights every single thing that was frustrating about the series as a whole: the vagueness of the plot, the lack of any real sense of danger (considering that the Dark!is!Rising!), the quests that are not really quests a......more

Goodreads review by Trish on June 15, 2024

On the day of the dead, when the year too dies, Must the youngest upon the oldest hills Through the door of the birds, where the breeze breaks. Theref rie shall fly from the raven boy, And the silver eyes what see the wind, And the Light shall have the harp of gold. By the pleasant lake the Sleepers lie, O......more