num_pages: 193
description: Once upon a time, there was a mighty king who inspired a country and its people with his chivalrous deeds. From the kingdom of Camelot, he forged a civilized nation dedicated to peace and justice, enforced by the honorable knights of the Round Table. But he could not quell the darkness within man's heart--nor his own--and deceit and treachery among those he trusted most led to his undoing.Now, a despondent shadow of his former self, ruling a land on the precipice of ruin, King Arthur awaits his fate on the battlefield against his illegitimate son Mordred. And in the king's most desperate hour, Merlyn has returned to guide Arthur once more, in reclaiming the courage and valor that once made a boy a king--and that will now make a king a man.
language: English
title: The Book of Merlyn
titlecomplete: The Book of Merlyn (The Once and Future King #5)
characters: Sir Lancelot, King Arthur, Sir Mordred, Merlin (Arthurian wizard), Queen Guinevere
genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Literature, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Arthurian, Mythology
ratings_count: 9379
series: The Once and Future King
publisher: Ace