A self-contained fantasy for all age levels featuring Merlin the Magician, one of the most well-known fantasy characters of all time.

Before King Arthur, before Camelot, before Excalibur there was Merlin the swineherd.  A young man of an unexceptional past who has never heard of magic, Merlin is looking at a life of hard work and small comfort, until his farm his attacked one night by rampaging monsters. Only local thief Hector believes him, but when the attacks increase it will be up to these two outcasts to save their village.