The Wings of Merlin
core novel 2000 The Lost Years of Merlin
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (8,389 ratings, collected 2026-09-23) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780399234569 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
As winter closes in on Fincayra, Merlin must unite the island's dwarves, canyon eagles, walking trees, and other peoples against an invasion by the rival spirit Rhita Gawr, while a mysterious killer stalks Fincayra's children. This final volume of Merlin's childhood brings his long journey toward his own identity and powers to a close.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Lost Years of Merlin
- Series: The Lost Years of Merlin core; position 5 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 5 of 5: previous The Mirror of Merlin (1999)
Sources
- Lost Years of Merlin series - Wikipedia
- The Merlin Saga Guide (author's own site, PDF)
- Merlin Book 5: A Wizard's Wings - Wikipedia
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