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• Ich habe die Serie das erste mal mit 14 gelesen - und ich glaube, das war damals der Einstieg in das Fantasy-Genre für mich. Bis heute hat die Serie nichts von ihrer Faszination auf mich verloren - auch wenn es primär eine Jugendbuchserie ist. Ich habe sie mehrfach gelesen, als komplette Serie auf deutsch und auf englisch im Bücherregal stehen - und jetzt auch auf dem Kindle. Ich habe sie bestimmt auch nicht zum letzten Mal gelesen... Was diese Faszination ausmacht? Schwer zu sagen... Die Bücher spielen in England bzw. Wales. Ich war schon da und kann mir das alles ehr gut vorstellen. Die verwendeten Mythen gefallen mir, die Liebe zum Detail, die Geschlossenheit der Geschichte, die Tiefe der Charaktere... Ich würde einfach empfehlen: lesen und sich drauf einlassen! :-)

• Great book! Great series!!

• I remember starting to read this when I was young. I never finished it, but it always stuck in my mind. I am glad I finally got the chance to finish it.

• "The Grey King" is the fourth volume in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Sequence, and in the opinion of many, the best of that series. (The fact that it won the Newbery Medal doesn't hurt the claim.) In this book, Will Stanton is on his own, recovering from a severe illness that has suppressed the knowledge of his powers and duties as an Old One. Sent to a relative's farm in Wales to recuperate, it is not long, however, before he is set upon the path of another quest - and meets a strange, white-haired, white-skinned local boy named Bran. Will and Bran and face the might of The Grey King - one of the most powerful Lords in service to the Dark - whose hold over the Welsh countryside is both powerful and terrifying. They must find the mythical Golden Harp and use it to wake The Sleepers - soldiers in service to the Light who have lain in slumber for centuries, waiting to be called to do final battle against the Dark. As is true with each successive book in the Sequence, author Susan Cooper seems increasingly comfortable and confident in her writing, and in "The Grey King," she gives us a many-layered story filled with the fantastic, but also shot-through with elements of loneliness and sadness. Will's growth as a character is central to the plot, and the role of Bran and his deeply tragic origin make this volume a high point in one of the most deservedly-beloved story arcs in young adult fiction.

• Part of the classic Dark is Rising sequence, this is one of the darker stories. I have absolutely loved these books since I first read them in childhood. I still find elements of them disturbing and upsetting to this day. And yet they are beautiful and wonderful, and I adore the main characters (my son's middle name is William, but to me it's Will) Anyway, for some reason the story name had slipped my mind, and I was reminded of it, so I embarked on re reading the books, after many years. Im happy to report that they're just as wonderful now at the age of 53 as they were at 12. I've not started to read the last yet, because I have that "i don't want to get to the end" feeling. I'd love to hear recommendations for other books by the author

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