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''[[The Lost Years of Merlin]]'' is a five-book epic authored by T.A. Barron, which details the adventures of a teenaged Merlin as he explores the magical isle of Fincayra, with a great amount of focus on how the wizard we all know and love today [[Character Development|develops from a bratty teenage boy into the wise and all-knowing wizard]].
The boy is rooted in humble beginnings in a remote village implied to be [[Medieval European Fantasy|somewhere in Wales]], where he lives with his well-intended and doting mother, is tormented by [[The Rival|the local bully]], and [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life|yearns for greater things]]. When a [[The Call Knows Where You Live|terrible incident]] results in the death of the bully and the loss of the boy's sight, he lives in anguish for several weeks until he slowly begins to develop a magical [[Disability Superpower|"second sight,"]] the true awakening of his latent magic powers. [[Call to Adventure|He then leaves the village where he has dwelt his entire known life and sails away on a self-built raft]] [[
The five books in the series are:
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It is not extremely well-known and is a pretty archetypical [[Standard Fantasy Setting]], but each book was received relatively decently and sold enough to make the New York Times Best-Sellers List.
[http://tabarron.com/merlin-the-movie There is talk of a movie adaptation of at least the first book of the series.]
* [[Big Bad]]: Rhita Gawr. ▼
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* [[Big Good]]: Dagda.
* [[The Bully]]: Dinatius
* [[Burn the Witch]]: A group of bullies tries to do this to Merlin's mother. They pay dearly for this.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Shim's "As big as the highliest tree."
* [[Character Development]]
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Domnu, who is described as being cold but not evil, like fate. She ''can'' be kind of a jerk, though.
* [[Disability Superpower]]: Merlin's basically the fantasy version of Daredevil.
* [[Identity Amnesia]]: The first book starts with <s> Merlin</s> Emrys being washed up on the shores of Wales with no memory of his past.
* [[Implacable Man]]:
** The first book has the Ghoulians, undead warriors of Stangmar that pull swords and daggers out and cast them aside like they're nothing, and even get up after a very angry giant stomps on them over and over again.
** ''The Wings of Merlin'' has Slayer who uses any spell Merlin uses to attack or flee back on him, and even goes through a desperate Stangmar, survives being crushed in Shim's giant hand, comes back after being thrown out into the sea, swims through the sea after Merlin escapes on a boat to an island surrounded by a magic barrier, proceeds through said barrier, and [[Made of Iron|even survives a rockslide on top of him]].
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* {{spoiler|[[My Future Self and Me]]}}: In ''The Mirror of Merlin'', Merlin goes through a [[Magic Mirror]] {{spoiler|where he meets his future self in the process of mentoring a young [[King Arthur|Arthur]].}}
* [[Mysterious Parent]]: Branwen.
* [[Plot Coupon]]: The Seven Songs of Magic in ''The Seven Songs of Merlin'', which Merlin needs in order to access the underworld and get an elixir to cure his mother, yet another [[Plot Coupon]].
* [[Quest for Identity]]
* [[Separated at Birth]]: {{spoiler|Emrys and Rhiannon.}}
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