Autor Susan Cooper

'This is probably one of the greatest fantasy sequences ever written. Darkly magical and intense Cooper weaves her storytelling wonder over fully realised characters and worlds, drawing in the reader and leading them on a journey that will leave them…

This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining. It's Midwinter's Eve, the day before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him.This will be a birthday like no other. Will discovers…

Will Stanton – nejmladší z Dávných musí spojit síly se svým mistrem Merrimanem a Branem, velšským chlapcem, jehož osudem je Světlo. Společně s nimi putují také tři sourozenci Drewovi. Těchto šest bojuje se strachem a smrtí uprostřed temných a skličujících…