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About the Author
Stephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. His works include Byzantium and the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, and The Song of Albion. Lawhead makes his home in Austria with his wife. Visit www.stephenlawhead.com.
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Praise for
THE PENDRAGON CYCLE
“ENTERTAINS AND TANTALIZES…AN EXCITING AND THOUGHTFUL ADDITION TO THE RANKS OF ARTHURIAN FANTASY.”
Locus
“LAWHEAD MANAGES TO GIVE THE OLD TALE NEW MEANING AND FASCINATION. A fine storyteller, he brings the Arthurian characters to life without sacrificing any of the haunting pleasures of the legends.”
Omaha World Herald
“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…Reminiscent of C. S. Lewis”
Library Journal
“LAWHEAD’S WRITING IS CRISP, ELOQUENT AND DESCRIPTIVE. The narrative doesn’t merely tell a story, but pulls you into a tapestry.”
New Pathways
“THOUGH LAWHEAD BRILLIANTLY CREATES AN AUTHENTIC AND VIVID ARTHURIAN BRITAIN, HE NEVER FORSAKES THE SENSE OF WONDER THAT HAS GRACED THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND THROUGHOUT THE AGES.”
Publishers Weekly
“A MAJOR ADDITION TO ARTHURIAN LITERATURE”
Aboriginal Science Fiction
By Stephen R. Lawhead
The Iron Lance
The Black Rood
The Mystic Rose
Byzantium
Taliesen
Merlin
Arthur
Pendragon
Grail
Avalon
The Paradise War
The Silver Hand
The Endless Knot
Empyrion
Dream Thief
In the Hall of the Dragon King
The Warlords of Nin
The Sword and the Flame
Credits
Front cover illustration by Eric Peterson
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
MERLIN: Book Two of the Pendragon Cycle. Copyright © 1988 by Stephen R. Lawhead. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Epub Edition © DECEMBER 2003 ISBN: 9780061804854
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