The Grey King
core novel 1975 The Dark Is Rising
Record
| First published | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.16 (40,567 ratings, collected 2026-08-12) |
| Page count | 165 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780689829840 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Dark Is Rising
- Series: The Dark Is Rising sequence core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Susan Cooper
Awards (verified)
- Newbery Medal (Medal (Best)), 1976: won; The Grey King (book 4).
Notes
- From the series record (The Dark Is Rising sequence): Five-book children's fantasy sequence weaving Arthurian and British-folklore "Old Ones vs. the Dark" myth into contemporary settings. Internal chronology matches publication order (per the sources above); no disputed internal chronology found.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Dark Is Rising sequence: position 4 of 5: previous Greenwitch (1974) · next Silver on the Tree (1977)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Dark Is Rising sequence
- Wikipedia: Over Sea, Under Stone
- Fantasy Literature: The Grey King (Newbery Medal winner)
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