And the gifts put into some men, that shine as bright as Eirias the sword, shall light the dark corners of life for all the rest, in so brave a world.” But if you work and care and are watchful, as we have tried to be for you, then in the long run the worse will never, ever, triumph over the better. Good men will still be killed by bad, or sometimes by other good men, and there will still be pain and disease and famine, anger and hate. Now especially since man has the strength to destroy the world, it is the responsibility of man to keep it alive, in all its beauty and marvelous joy.Īnd the world will still be imperfect, because men are imperfect. The hope is always here, always alive, but only your fierce caring can fan it into a fire to warm the world.įor Drake is no longer in his hammock, children, nor is Arthur somewhere sleeping, and you may not lie idly expecting the second coming of anybody now, because the world is yours and it is up to you. The future can not blame the present, just as the present can not blame the past. The responsibility and the hope and the promise are in your hands-your hands and the hands of all men on this earth. We have delivered you from evil, but the evil that is inside men is at the last a matter for men to control. The Drews and Bran have snatches of something come back to them in dreams, though.“For remember, that it is altogether your world now. All the mortal characters lose all memory of any dealings with magic and the Old Ones. All immortal characters save Will Stanton leave the Earth forever. So, they return to Earth, in a train, with the main characters and a Lord of the Dark (The White Rider), that Merriman, Bran and Will cast out of time.įinally, they go to the Midsummer tree, that permitted the possessor to control the forces of High Magic, Wild Magic and the Old Magic and use its power to cast the Dark out of time forever. Will and Bran, with the help of Gwion, a minstrel, go to the king of the Lost Land, Gwyddno, and, when Bran says the word that was written on the Sword, the king takes them to the Thing of Power. Will Stanton, Merriman Lyon, Bran, and the Drew children join together to battle against the Dark.Īll of the main characters from the other books in the sequence come together in this book, some meeting each other for the first time, and the current struggle between the Light and the Dark is resolved.Īt the first time, Will and Bran go to the Lost Land, but the Drew brothers and Merriman can't go with them because the Dark keep them. 0701122307 Silver on the Tree, 1st Uk ed.

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