The Mirror of Merlin
core novel 1999 The Lost Years of Merlin
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (9,125 ratings, collected 2026-09-23) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780399234552 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Merlin ventures into a perilous swamp on Fincayra in search of a magical mirror said to be able to alter anyone's fate. Travelling with the deer-woman Hallia and his own shadow, he must navigate both external dangers and his own inner struggles as he tries to protect his home and decide his own destiny, culminating in an unexpected revelation when he finally looks into the mirror.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Lost Years of Merlin
- Series: The Lost Years of Merlin core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: T. A. Barron
Notes
- From the series record (The Lost Years of Merlin): The original, complete five-book pentalogy (1996-2000); the opening arc of the author's larger 13-book Merlin Saga. The later 'Merlin's Dragon' trilogy (2008-2011) and subsequent trilogies continue the wider saga but are a separate, later-published continuation, not part of this closed pentalogy, and are out of scope for this admission.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Lost Years of Merlin: position 4 of 5: previous The Fires of Merlin (1998) · next The Wings of Merlin (2000)
Sources
- Lost Years of Merlin series - Wikipedia
- The Merlin Saga Guide (author's own site, PDF)
- Merlin Book 4: The Mirror of Fate - Wikipedia
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