Merlin's Mirror

Merlin is half starborn, and an alien intelligence advises him. His task is to renew a fallen civilization and set humanity climbing again up the ladder toward the stars. Everything he does in the story serves that single purpose, and the advice he receives shapes each choice he makes.

The book retells the legend of King Arthur and the wizard Merlin through modern knowledge of a lost period of history. It also draws on today's understanding of science and interplanetary communication, so the old tale is read in a new light.

Arthur knows nothing of the stellar heritage that lies behind the man who counsels him. He lives the legend as a king, while the wizard beside him works to a plan that reaches far beyond the Earth.

The Lady of the Lake stands close to Merlin in kind. Like him, she listens to the music of the spheres, and she answers to a celestial command post.

Arthurian legend meets science fantasy here, with an alien presence behind the old myth. The adventure is fabulous in tone, and the familiar figures play out what reads as a mission from beyond the Earth.