As he is fetched from the station by their son Rhys, the forces of Dark already begin to strike but Will is happily unaware. But of course, it is also his illness that actually gets him to Wales as Will is sent to stay with his relations, David and Jen Evans, to convalesce at their farm, Clwyd. But even before Will reaches Wales, his difficulties begin, for he falls seriously ill with hepatitis and forgets not only who he really is but also the verses that the Greenwitch’s secret revealed, and on which his quest will be based. In The Grey King, Will Stanton, the last of the Old Ones must take on his only sole quest, which is no easy task, as Will is the youngest of the Old Ones and hasn’t come into his full strength just yet. From all the books in the series so far, this was the hardest one to read for me because of something that happens (and which one knows is coming, even though one hopes it doesn’t). The fourth entry in The Dark is Rising sequence, and my final completed read of 2022, The Grey King, takes us to a completely new setting (as indicated at the end of Greenwitch)-Wales-and is rich in place, language and legend, besides Arthurian lore.
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