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A TIMELESS EPIC, A NEW CLASSIC FOR ALL AGES — MERLIN

"Once upon a time...no, no, that's not the way to start. You'll think this is a fairy tale. And it isn't".

In the terrible years of tyrants and invaders, England's surviving pagans cry out for help to their deity — and Mab, Queen of the Faery realms, creates for them a champion.

Merlin. Half human, half Magic; raised in the love of his foster mother, Ambrosia, trained in sorcery by the gnome Frick, destined by Mab to lead England back to the Old Ways. But Mab, once beloved, has grown selfish and cruel, so Merlin turns against her.

And their war of magic will change the world.

Library Journal

Born of magic as a vehicle for Queen Mab's desire to restore a dying paganism to the lands of Britain, Merlin grows up in the care of a foster mother until Mab comes to claim him for her own. Based on the TV miniseries Merlin, Mallory's novelization stands alone as an accomplished retelling of the beginning of the Arthurian legend. A good choice for large fantasy collections. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.