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The Dark Is Rising Sequence is a series of five contemporary fantasy novels for older children and young adults that were written by the British author Susan Cooper and published from to The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone , was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, [ 2 ] and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.

The Dark Is Rising Sequence is used as an overarching title in several omnibus, boxed-set, and coordinated editions; but the title of The Dark Is Rising is also used for the whole series. The books depict a struggle between forces of good and evil called "The Light" and "The Dark", and draw upon Arthurian legends , Celtic mythology , Norse mythology and English folklore.

It was inaugurated in with the U. The sequels were published to , almost simultaneously in the U. The novel The Dark Is Rising features Will Stanton, age 11, [ b ] who learns on that birthday that he is one of an ancient magical people called "Old Ones", and is destined to wield the powers of The Light in the ancient struggle with The Dark.

In the U. While on a holiday in Cornwall , they get caught up in the battle between the Light and the Dark and join the search for the Things of Power. They also appear in the third book, Greenwitch , and the last book in the series, Silver on the Tree. In the poem featured prominently throughout The Dark Is Rising , they are the ones referred to as "three from the track".

Old Ones : Ancient and immortal, the Old Ones are mystical beings who possess great magical power.