Coming of the King: The First Book of Merlin

The legend of Merlin is one of the greatest and most mysterious in all of literature. Now Nikolai Tolstoy, one of the leading Celtic scholars of our time and a direct descendant of one of the world's most distinguished literary families, re-creates the life of Merlin in the most dramatic, enchanting, and thoroughly researched novel ever written on the subject.

A bestseller both in the United States and in Great Britain, The Coming of the King is the first volume of The Books of Merlin, the massive saga of Merlin's life and his extraordinary impact on Celtic Britain. Within these pages you will find a Merlin more alive and fascinating than you have ever seen before. The Coming of the King brings to life the world of the Celts in all of its valor and violence, love and lust, poetry and profanity. For lovers of Arthurian legend and all epic fiction, it is a reading experience whose magic will linger long after the final page is turned.