Avalon is on the verge of total destruction: an army of warriors, a swarm of fire dragons, and a lethal plague are all laying waste to Merlin's beloved land. But Merlin is nowhere to be found. Leading the fight in his place is Basil, the once tiny lizard who is now the most powerful dragon in Avalon.
But to restore peace, the mastermind behind this chaos, Doomraga, will need to be discovered and destroyed before his power grows stronger and Avalon and its inhabitants are beyond saving. For Basil to triumph, he and his friends may need to make the ultimate sacrifice.
In this final book of the Merlin's Dragon trilogy, T. A. Barron brings this saga to a thrilling--if bittersweet-- end.
From BooklistThe finale of Barron’s Merlin’s Dragon trilogy opens and closes with battles—protracted by frequent pauses for conversations and bluster—that match Basilgarrad the dragon and allies against the armies of the giant leech Doomraga, and then against Doomraga’s master, Rhita Gawr, warlord of the Spirit Realm. The latter is dispatched with startling ease, after which Merlin is reconciled with his son Krystallus, and Basilgarrad reverts to the tiny lizard he was at the beginning while somehow planning to start a family with his dragon love, Marnya. The many fans of Barron’s various Merlin sagas will not be disappointed. Grades 5-8. --John Peters
About the AuthorT.A. Barron is the award-winning author of fantasy novels such as The Lost Years of Merlin epic—soon to be a major motion picture. He serves on a variety of environmental and educational boards including The Nature Conservancy and The Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, and is the founder of a national award for heroic children. Following a life-changing decision to leave a successful business career to write full-time in 1990, Barron has written seventeen books, but is happiest when on the mountain trails with his wife, Currie, and their five children.