#darke

I remember reading the epilogue to Darke as a kid and being like ‘How dare that guy think Beetle’s too young to be chief heremetic scribe 😡😡 Beetle’s great and super qualified!!’ where as an adult I’m like ‘Beetle’s 15… no wonder’ (though that is adult in the castle! still.)

One of the things that makes me sad about people reading the Septimus Heap series is that they usually stop before the end of the series. Usually after Flyte or Queste and miss what is, in my opinion, the best book: which is Darke.

Beside the Underflow the stranded group heard shouts from the river and saw a light suddenly appear from the darkness. In the wildly swinging beam of light they saw Sarah being pulled from the water and then Simon’s head bobbing at the foot of the ladder. A curse traveled across the water, followed by a voice saying, “It’s your dingbat brother.” “Which one?” came the reply that they all recognized as belonging to Nicko. “What does he mean, which one?” muttered Septimus.