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Violence
Some
Dark Ages violence; battle and danger; some deaths
Language
Barely any
Literary prose; no profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content; brief romantic interest
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The weight of foresight and the burden of knowing what is coming without being able to stop all of it
What this book is about
The first of Mary Stewart's Arthurian saga novels follows Merlin from his mysterious childhood in fifth-century Britain through his education in old magic and his first great act of power. A beautifully researched and immersive retelling of the Arthurian world through Merlin's eyes—grounded in plausible Dark Ages history rather than medieval romance.
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