This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.
The second novel in Susan Cooper's highly acclaimed Dark is Rising sequence..
Will discovers that he has the power of the Old Ones, and that he must embark on a quest to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark.
This will be a birthday like no other.
But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him.
It's Midwinter's Eve, the day before Will's eleventh birthday.
This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining