Mad Merlin
The legendary magician Merlin works to unlock the secrets of his past and his future destiny in this fantasy adventure.
"Everyone seems to know me. After fifteen hundred years, they remember me. Everyone knows Merlin. I am, of course, delighted . . .
"This is the story of King Arthur and mad Merlin . . . "
In the tradition of The Mists of Avalon and Mythago Wood, J. Robert King weaves an epic tale of Avalon, Excalibur, the Once and Future King, and the mad magician Merlin as he draws on the ideas and writings of Joseph Campbell to shape and interpret the legendary Arthurian mythos.
"A nicely written and engaging perspective on the wizard's actual identity, the book's sad in spots, funny in others and a worthwhile read." —San Diego Union-Tribune
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Mad Merlin
The legendary magician Merlin works to unlock the secrets of his past and his future destiny in this fantasy adventure.
"Everyone seems to know me. After fifteen hundred years, they remember me. Everyone knows Merlin. I am, of course, delighted . . .
"This is the story of King Arthur and mad Merlin . . . "
In the tradition of The Mists of Avalon and Mythago Wood, J. Robert King weaves an epic tale of Avalon, Excalibur, the Once and Future King, and the mad magician Merlin as he draws on the ideas and writings of Joseph Campbell to shape and interpret the legendary Arthurian mythos.
"A nicely written and engaging perspective on the wizard's actual identity, the book's sad in spots, funny in others and a worthwhile read." —San Diego Union-Tribune
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Mad Merlin

Mad Merlin

by J. Robert King
Mad Merlin

Mad Merlin

by J. Robert King

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Overview

The legendary magician Merlin works to unlock the secrets of his past and his future destiny in this fantasy adventure.
"Everyone seems to know me. After fifteen hundred years, they remember me. Everyone knows Merlin. I am, of course, delighted . . .
"This is the story of King Arthur and mad Merlin . . . "
In the tradition of The Mists of Avalon and Mythago Wood, J. Robert King weaves an epic tale of Avalon, Excalibur, the Once and Future King, and the mad magician Merlin as he draws on the ideas and writings of Joseph Campbell to shape and interpret the legendary Arthurian mythos.
"A nicely written and engaging perspective on the wizard's actual identity, the book's sad in spots, funny in others and a worthwhile read." —San Diego Union-Tribune

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781466800816
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Publication date: 05/01/2024
Series: Mad Merlin , #1
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 513
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

J. Robert King is an Origins Award-winning author for his gaming fiction. Mad Merlin is the first book of his Arthurian trilogy that also includes Lancelot Du Lethe and Le Morte D'Avalon. He lives in Burlington, Wisconsin.

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Mad Merlin
BOOK ONE Madness 
 
For Elias the infant King who saved mePrologueEveryone seems to know me. After fifteen hundred years, they remember me. Everyone knows Merlin. I am, of course, delighted.You're smiling in recognition, aren't you?There was a time when I didn't even know myself. I was mad. I was lost. The secret of my past was hidden even from me. To discover that secret, I walked an arduous and perilous road. I would not have survived that journey, except that I had a friend at my side, a young man everyone also knows.This is the story of how we found out who we were. This is the story of King Arthur and mad Merlin ... .Copyright © 2000 by J. Robert King

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