Greenwitch

Three siblings return to a windswept Cornish fishing village on a mission tied to an ancient golden artifact, drawn into a conflict far older than any of them understand. Susan Cooper's third installment in The Dark Is Rising sequence weaves Celtic myth and coastal folklore into a taut story where the boundary between the human world and older powers grows dangerously thin. A mysterious figure born of leaves and branches, cast into the sea each year in a ritual the villagers barely question, holds a secret that both the forces of Light and Dark are desperate to claim.

Alex Jennings brings a quiet authority to the narration that suits Cooper's measured, atmospheric prose perfectly. His voice captures the melancholy of the Cornish setting as naturally as it shifts between the wonder of childhood and the weight of ancient struggle. At just over four hours, the runtime feels precisely calibrated, never lingering too long in any one scene. The audio format heightens the novel's eerie, tide-pulled tension, making the folklore feel immediate rather than historical.