Merlin’s Dragon.

Barron, T. A. (author).

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Barron’s latest in his ongoing Merlin saga is set between the Lost Years of Merlin series and the Great Tree of Avalon series. Basil, an odd creature that resembles a minuscule green lizard with big ears and crumpled wings, is charged by the great spirit Dagda, lord of the Otherworld, to seek out Merlin and warn him that the evil Rhita Gawr has returned to wreak havoc. Thus begins Basil’s epic, often terrifying, multiyear journey throughout all the worlds of Avalon during which he searches for others of his kind as well as for Merlin. Basil is an appealing, complex character, and, as usual, Barron infuses the story with a sense of love and appreciation for the natural world and also dismay at the destructive forces that threaten it. This first book in a new series will captivate readers already familiar with the fantasist’s Merlin chronicles.