The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

✍ Scribed by Garner, Alan

• Book ID: 108650552
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 439 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, the wizard – Cadellin Silverbrow – takes them to safety deep in the caves of Fundindelve. Here he watches over the sleep of one hundred and forty knights, awaiting the fated hour when they must rise and fight. But the Weidstone of Brisingamen, is lost, and without it the wizard cannot hold back the forces of evil for long. The children realise that they are the key to its return, but how can mere children stand against an ancient evil bent on destroying the world. On the tenth day, of the tenth month, of the tenth year of this millennium, HarperCollins published the 50th anniversary edition of The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. First published in 1960, The Weirdstone was the debut novel of Cheshire based author, Alan Garner and over the past half century has come to be recognised alongside the finest works of children’s fantasy. ‘The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is one of the most important books in children’s fantasy. It has been an enormous inspiration to me and countless other writers, and is as enjoyable and fascinating now as it was when I first read it, wide-eyed and mesmerised at the age of ten.Garth Nix ............... eGod ................