Strange wickedness is rising from a remote control swamp for the magical isle of Fincayra. To save his homeland, as well as his very own destiny, youthful Merlin must voyage to frightening places-both over the land and in himself.

Joined up with by Hallia, the deer-woman he is continuing to grow to appreciate, and by his own mischievous darkness, Merlin discovers a magical mirror that can change anyone’s fate. But when he looks into it, the individual he sees is the person he least desires to find.

Filled with passion and spiritual depth, T. A. Barron’s fourth publication in The Lost Years of Merlin epic provides a spellbinding new dimension towards the tale of Merlin, the towering body who turns into the mentor to King Arthur and the best sage of his period.