T. A. BARRON’S BLOG

GIANT EXCERPTBIG FEET “Seventeen boulders!” crowed the midwife Gargolyn. Though she herself was a giant, she strained to lift the squirming baby in her hands. “That’s a hefty weight for a newlyborn, even for a giant.” Turning slowly in the sunlight, Gargolyn observed...

THE BOOK OF MAGIC EXCERPTWarning to the Reader Pray, take care with this book! You see, it contains the secret journal of the great wizard Merlin. Over the centuries, others contributed their share — while still others sought to capture Merlin's magic for themselves....

THE ETERNAL FLAME EXCERPTThe Unmaking Knife Kulwych's chortle, while no louder than the thin stream of water trickling down the cavern wall, was unmistakably mirthful. He rubbed his pale white hands together. In the throbbing light of the crystal beside him — the only...

THE DRAGON OF AVALON EXCERPTOne Dark Night A flame vent erupted on the cliffs, blasting the darkness like an angry dragon. Then another. And another. All across the cliffs, among the highest in Fireroot, tongues of fire shot upward, licked the air, then vanished...

SHADOWS ON THE STARS EXCERPTThe Greatest Power Deep underground, in a cavern of dark shadows, something even darker hovered in the air. Slowly it spun — a venomous snake of smoke. As it twirled, the air around it crackled with black sparks. And wherever its tail...

ULTIMATE MAGIC EXCERPT For a big surprise, I look for a small mystery. Basilgarrad lifted his enormous head, scanning the rolling meadows that reached to the distant trees. His dragon's eyes glittered as his powerful shoulder muscles tensed. Both of his furled wings —...

DOOMRAGA'S REVENGE EXCERPTINOT SO SMALL ANYMORE Having been very small, I can truthfully tell you that size doesn't matter at all. Except when it does. The wrathful roar exploded—so forcefully it toppled a grove of ironwood trees, emptied a flowing river, and blew an...

THE DRAGON OF AVALON EXCERPTThe Pebble Look here, I know it sounds far-fetched—impossible, even—that such a huge story could have such a tiny, unremarkable beginning. Call me a liar if you like. But that's how it was. I know, believe me. Just as I know more than most...

A WIZARD'S WINGS EXCERPT Wings, take me back! How often have I dreamed, in the centuries since that day, of returning to that place and time, of facing once again the choice that changed everything. Such longing, though, is useless. An idea this is lost may yet be...

THE MIRROR OF FATE EXCERPTMany are the mirrors I have examined; many are the faces I have seen. Yet for all these years — lo, all these centuries — there is but one mirror, with one visage, I cannot forget. It has haunted me from the start, from that very first...