Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
Peter and Paul's dog Dreyfus wander around the land exploring as lads often do. However, someone abducts Peter, trying to determine if the youngster is the one. Peter manages to escape, going back to Paul's home, but says nothing about his ordeal to his relative. When Dreyfus is injured while fighting the three headed Cerberus, Peter is forced to reveal his secret to Paul so that he can help the canine. On the trek to the spot where the canines battled, Peter and Paul find a stone wall blocking their passage. Informing his nephew that he is Merlin the Magician and persuading the lad that they have a world to save, Paul and Peter risk their lives seeking the Chosen and to reconstruct the Obsidian Orb to accomplish their quest.
Though obviously aimed at the Potter crowd, this exciting Merlin tale is a solid fantasy that does Camelot proud so that adults will want to join the intrepid twosome on their adventure. The story line is non stop action from the moment Peter is abducted to the final confrontation with stops in between on the globe and in time. Readers of the Arthurian sagas will welcome this fabulous entry and look forward to the remaining two novels in what looks like a triumphant return of Merlin.