![]() ![]() Merriman Lyon is the oldest of the Old Ones (and is known to readers by at least one other name as well), and is a mentor to Will and a "great-uncle" to the Drews. Simon, Jane and Barney Drew are normal kids (who have well-developed premonitory skills, an abundance of curiosity, and, in Jane's case, some latent magical quality that goes unspecified and unspelled-out (yeah, pun intended) throughout the entire sequence). And, lest you have any doubt, the Dark is rising. ![]() He's an immortal associated with the Light, who seeks to banish the Dark forever. Either way.Ī quick recap of the sequence: Will is the last of the Old Ones to be born. Given the slipperiness of time within the books (and boy does it get slickery by Silver on the Tree, with everyone falling through centuries almost randomly at times), you could theoretically read them in any old order, but I would have to say that reading Silver on the Tree anywhere but last would make a reader's head explode. Also, you can pretty much read the first two books in either order and not be confused in the slightest, which makes "sequence" a better term anyhow. By the way, I know I haven't mentioned it before, but I find it way cool that it is called "The Dark is Rising sequence" and not a "series." Somehow, sequence is a much cooler word. Last night, I read Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper, thereby completing my first-ever reading of The Dark is Rising sequence. ![]()
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