{"product_id":"the-merlin-trilogy-9780688003470","title":"The Merlin Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Arthurian legend is one of the most enduring and powerful of myths  and Mary Stewarts classic The Merlin Trilogy is one of its most beloved and acclaimed retellings. In prose that is as vividly  achingly real as it is poetic  New York Times bestselling author Mary Stewart brings to life the man behind the myth: Myrddin Emrys ... Merlinus Ambrosius ... Merlin. The Crystal Cave The Hollow Hills The Last Enchantment Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess  Myrddin Emrys -- or  as he would later be known  Merlin -- leads a perilous childhood in The Crystal Cave  haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-mans-son  taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of UtherPendragon ... and the conception of Arthur -- king for once and always. Keeping watch over the young Arthur Pendragon in The Hollow Hills  the prince and prophet Merlin Ambrosius is haunted by dreams of the magical sword Caliburn  hidden for centuries. When Uther Pendragon is killed in battle  the time of destiny is at hand  and Arthur must claim the fabled sword to become the true High King of Britain. In The Last Enchantment  Arthur Pendragon is king at last. Unchallenged on the battlefield  he melds the country together in a time of promise as Merlin works to keep safe the once and future king. But sinister powers plot to destroy Camelot  and when the witch-queen Morgause -- Arthurs own half sister -- ensnares him in an incestuous liaison  a fatal web of love  betrayal  and bloody vengeance is woven. Extensively researched and beautifully written  The Merlin Trilogy is the epic culmination of an acclaimed career  a legend in and of itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67970688122933,"sku":"ByrdShop_0688003478","price":42.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780688003470.jpg?v=1794593963","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-merlin-trilogy-9780688003470","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}