One of T.A. Barron's most thrilling adventures yet, featuring a new
and unforgettable character in his earliest years.
In the years after Fincayra disappears and Merlin has been sent
wandering, a young lizard-like creature, with the wings of a bat and the
magical power to produce any smell it encounters, is born into the new
world of Avalon. The unlikely hero--Basil, he is called--cannot find a
single creature like itself nor a person who can tell him what he is.
But it is clear that Basil is much more than he seems when he stumbles
into an encounter with the great Merlin, saving his child's life, then
uncovers a secret plot by the evil Rhita Gawr. It's a race against time
and across Avalon as Basil, with the help of the faithful wind sister
Ailah, searches for the great wizard to warn him.