Ultimate Magic: Book 8 (Merlin)
The 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--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.