Drowned Ammet is the story of Mitt, a boy who joins a band of Freedom Fighters in a bid to try and crush the tyrannical ruler of Holand, and at the same time, to get revenge on the people who killed his father. *Diana Wynne Jones is recognized as being one of the most outstanding writers of fantasy in recent times. *The Dalemark Quartet books are for good readers who have enjoyed the Christopher Chant books by the same author. The books contain the same ability to immerse the reader with real child characters having magical adventures in an imaginary world. *This genre of fantasy writing is currently very popular due to the success of the recent 'Lord of the Rings' film. *Diana Wynne Jones has won the Guardian award for fiction and has written over twenty novels in less than twenty years.