The Seven Songs of Merlin (DIGEST)

by Barron, T. A.

• ISBN13: 9780441009473
• ISBN10: 0441009476
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-28
• Publisher: Ace

Summary

To save his ailing mother, Merlin must master the Seven Songs of Wisdompassed down from his grandfather, a legendary wizard. "Young sorcery fans...set aside Harry Potter and pick up Merlin." (Cincinnati Enquirer)

Author Biography

T. A. (Tom) Barron grew up in the mountains of Colorado. He wrote his first novel at Oxford University, between trips to the Highlands of Scotland. Now he writes in the attic of his Colorado home, assisted by his wife, Currie, and their five young children.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	xi
Prologue	1	(14)
PART ONE
Rescuer	15	(6)
A Fitting Welcome	21	(7)
Warm Wind	28	(4)
Treasures	32	(7)
The Jester	39	(10)
Through the Mists	49	(10)
Headlong and Happily	59	(4)
The Language of the Wound	63	(6)
Rosemary	69	(6)
Arbassa's Secret	75	(3)
One Melody and Many	78	(9)
PART TWO
Tuatha	87	(8)
Strange Bedfellows	95	(5)
The Crystal Cave	100	(4)
Changing	104	(8)
Liquid Thrill	112	(4)
Binding	116	(7)
Light Flyer	123	(9)
Protecting	132	(5)
Rivers Cool and Warm	137	(7)
The Shriek	144	(4)
Ambrosia Bread	148	(8)
Naming	156	(9)
No wings, No Hope	165	(6)
All the Voices	171	(5)
Leaping	176	(6)
Another Crossing	182	(5)
Eliminating	187	(14)
PART THREE
The Final Trek	201	(5)
Balor	206	(9)
Into the Mist	215	(3)
A Golden Bough	218	(7)
Wondrous Things	225	(8)
Elixir	233	(5)
A Wizard's Staff	238