The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen

First published in 1960, four decades before Harry Potter, Alan Garner's novel of magic and wizards has endured, becoming a modern classic of children's literature. When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, a wizard, Cadellin Silverbrow, takes them to safety deep in the caves of Fundindelve. Here he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights, waiting the fated hour when they must rise and fight. The heart of magic was sealed with Firefrost, the Weirdstone of Brisingamen, and it is lost. The children realize they are the key to its return. How will Colin and Susan defeat the powerful magic of the deadly brood threatening to destroy the stone?