Jacket art © 2004
by David Elliot

This trilogy continues the sagas of The Lost Years of Merlin and Merlin's Dragon. And goes far, far beyond. In addition to being a wide-ranging epic fantasy, it is also an environmental musing.  While I don't want to spoil the surprises this trilogy holds for you, I can promise you plenty of adventure...and a world of wondrous people and places in the realm of Merlin!

The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy completes the sagas of Merlin's realms. I hope you'll enjoy this magical journey as much as I have! All three books are available in paperback or hardback; some are also audio books. And the series made the New York Times best seller list. Isabel Allende has called this trilogy “a real gift”, while Robert Redford has said that “appreciation for nature shines through [this] rich and inventive tale.”

A Special Letter from T.A.B.'s Editor about the Avalon Trilogy:

Dear Readers and Lovers of Fantasy,

The terrain of fantasy has always thrilled and fascinated us as the realm of elf and faerie, giant and orc, and enchantment of every variety. But it is in holding the balance of things—dream and nightmare, light and dark, good and evil—that the world's most powerful fantasies arrive at the very fulcrum of human experience.

In his great epic, The Lost Years of Merlin, T.A. Barron explored the inner and outer worlds of the young Merlin. In his remarkable new trilogy, Barron explores one of tradition's most mysterious worlds-in-between: Avalon. Grown from Merlin's seed, it is a giant and majestic tree that stretches between heaven and earth, its roots whole dominions, its trunk pulsing with inner life, its branches trails to the stars.

However, it is the humanity of his characters that demanded I come along on this journey. Like the unlikely heroes before him—Sam and Frodo, Meg, Harry Potter, Lyra—the wilderness guide Tamwyn is unseasoned: a bumbling, good-hearted, fun-loving fool, but convinced he is the child of the Dark Prophecy, destined to destroy Avalon.

But is he?

This question, so passionately pursued by the young hero, wins his loyal companions to the puzzle, and to the perilous journey…which holds the real threat to Avalon.

This is a truly marvelous adventure. Having worked with the brilliant T.A. Barron for eighteen years, and as his first reader, I anticipate every new story. This one, though, bursting with the energy and wit and out-and-out courage of these young heroes, has it all. I welcome you wholeheartedly to their quest and to the enchanted arboreal world of Avalon.

Patricia Lee Gauch
Editor of The Great Tree of Avalon

Want to read reviews and plot summaries of the three Great Tree of Avalon books? Just click on Book I, II, or III on the menu.

Enjoy your journey to Avalon!

Discover all the books in this trilogy:
Book I: Child of the Dark Prophecy	Book II: Shadows on the Stars	Book III: The Eternal Flame