Having voyaged to the Otherworld in his quest to find himself, the young wizard Merlin must face fire in many different forms and deal with the possibility of losing his own magical power.
In their quest to find the Holy Grail, teenagers Gerard, Ailis, and Newt find themselves up against King Arthur's half sister Morgain le Fay and the sinister entity she has enlisted--the Shadow Companion, a powerfully evil force with a hidden agenda all its own.
Contains twenty short stories about Merlin, the wizard of the Arthurian legend, written by modern-day authors including Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, Andre Norton, and others.
Merlin discovers the orphaned Arthur, whom he guides through manhood, and Arthur learns the secret powers of the mysterious sword leading him to claim the throne of Britain.
A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures.
When young Arthur is troubled by dreams, Merlin tells him a story about a fatherless boy who himself dreamed about dragons and the defeat of the evil king Vortigern.
Through adventures involving a haunted marsh, talking trees, and the creature called the ballymag, the young wizard Merlin continues to experience both his growing powers and his essential humanity.