Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper

October 13, 2007 – 6:05 pm

This is the first book in the young adult science fiction and fantasy
series known as The Dark is Rising Sequence. I first read this book over
twenty years ago, and it is as fresh now as it was then.

The Drew children are summering in Cornwall. They and their great uncle
find a hidden map and become embroiled in a dark web of intrigue
surrounding an ancient Arthurian legend. Map in hand, the children set out to
defeat teh forces of evil, and to save the world from a horror unknown to most in
teh world.

If you like The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Harry Potter, you
will love this. Drawing strongly on genuine Britsh mythos, we get a
tale of magic and redemption that is epic in scope, and doesn’t dumb it down.
Aimed at readers 11 and up, it is a griping, intelligent read that will have
the reader reaching for the second book of the five book sequence as soon as
this one is finished.

Due to a motion picture release soon to hand, this book is rather easy to
find at major high street shops at the moment.You can also order it online
from retailers such as Amazon.co.uk and Play.com for under £5.