THE DARK IS RISING FILM TIE-IN

It's midwinter in the countryside, the day before Will's eleventh birthday. But the animals are behaving strangely and there is a pervading sense of fear. The evil magic of the Dark is growing more powerful. This will be a birthday like no other. Will is the last of the Old Ones. And he must embark on a quest to save the world from a fate so terrible, it is beyond imagining. "When you start reading these books it ought to give a warm feeling that you are now reading the classics of twentieth-century fantasy. But then, better still, you will discover that they are too exciting to put down, the kind of books you find yourself being forced to finish by torchlight under the bedclothes" – Diana Wynne Jones

It's midwinter in the countryside, the day before Will's eleventh birthday. But the animals are behaving strangely and there is a pervading sense of fear. The evil magic of the Dark is growing more powerful. This will be a birthday like no other. Will is the last of the Old Ones. And he must embark on a quest to save the world from a fate so terrible, it is beyond imagining. "When you start reading these books it ought to give a warm feeling that you are now reading the classics of twentieth-century fantasy. But then, better still, you will discover that they are too exciting to put down, the kind of books you find yourself being forced to finish by torchlight under the bedclothes" – Diana Wynne Jones