by Susan Cooper · Ravensburger Buchverlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783473540389
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«Bevor die Flut kommt» is the suspense and adventure novel by Susan Cooper, published by Ravensburger Buchverlag in paperback (253 pages, in German).
Jane, Simon and Barney spend the holidays with their great-uncle in Cornwall. There they find a scroll with coded clues about the Holy Grail, linked to the return of King Arthur. Solving the riddle becomes a race against time when other sinister forces take an interest in the same discovery.
First installment of the «The Dark Is Rising» saga, originally published in English as «Over Sea, Under Stone» in 1965. German translation by Annemarie Böll; this German edition is from 1991.
Aimed at children and young adults, it may also appeal to adults interested in mystery and Arthurian legend.
Susan Mary Cooper is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology such as the Arthurian legends and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, in 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association, recognizing her contribution to writing for teens. In the 1970s two of the five novels were named the year's best English-language book with an "authentic Welsh background" by the Welsh Books Council. In 2024, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 40th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in recognition of her significant contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy.
