Beautifully paced, innocently told and yet with shadowy recesses, this is a true classic. Weirdstone captures this magical fusion and weaves it seamlessly throughout the story. Those familiar with Alderley Edge will no doubt realise the potency of the landscape and the magic that surrounds it. It scores over most fantasies by setting the adventure in a very real environment, and adapting real folklore and myth to enrich the fantastical narrative. But how can two children defeat the Morrigan and her deadly brood?Īlan Garner’s first novel still retains its magic, fifty years after its publication. Colin and Susan discover they are the key to the Weirdstone’s But the heart of the magic that binds them - Firefrost, the titular Weirdstone of Brisingamen, has been lost. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve, deep below the Edge, where he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights. When siblings Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wizard. Rowling imagined a schoolboy wizard, Alan Garner delivered a classic novel that still stands head and shoulders above the recent spate of juvenile fantasies.
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