A prequel to the bestselling Merlin Saga starring Shim, a young giant
who must embark on a dangerous adventure when he's shrunk to the height
of a man's knee.
*** "An excellent jumping-in point for new readers as well as
pleasurable reading for established fans...Simply delightful." --Kirkus
Reviews, starred review
**
Read it before you see it! The Merlin Saga is soon to be a major
motion picture!
Shim has only ever known a world of peace. Unusually big and strong even
for a young giant, he lives on the magical isle of Fincayra, immersed in
nature as well as tales of wizards, merfolk, and dragons.
Suddenly that world explodes in chaos. A terrible attack forces Shim and
his mother to flee--and take a hazardous journey to reach the only
person who could possibly help them, the mysterious Domnu. But when a
wager goes horribly wrong, Shim shrinks down to a tiny fraction of his
size. Now only as tall as a man's knee, he finds himself lost in a
deadly swamp. Worse yet, he has forgotten something important, something
truly essential. But what?
As small as he is now, Shim must find giant-size courage. He embarks on
a perilous quest to discover what happened, what secret he forgot, and
what it really means to be a giant.
Combining his trademark passion, adventure, and spiritual depth, T. A.
Barron tells the origin story of this beloved character from his highly
acclaimed, international bestselling series, The Merlin Saga. As the
prequel to the Saga, this story is as big as a giant... and as magical
as Merlin.
