The Great Tree of Avalon, my latest trilogy, is now finished.  I hope you'll enjoy adventuring in this  magical world as much as I have!

Book One and Two are now available in hardback, paperback, and (for Book One) audio book editions.  And Book Three, subtitled “The Eternal Flame,” was published on October 19, 2006.  I am excited to share the conclusion of this saga with all of you.


And yes, to all of you who have been urging me to return to the life and times of Merlin…this trilogy continues the sagas of The Lost Years of Merlin and Merlin's Dragon. And goes far, far beyond. 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.

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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.