The dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And will stanton -- last-born of the immortal old ones, dedicated to keeping the world free -- must join forces with this ageless master merriman and ...The dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And will stanton -- last-born of the immortal old ones, dedicated to keeping the world free -- must join forces with this ageless master merriman and bran, the welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the light.