La Cueva De Cristal

First book in the Arthurian Saga. Merlins childhood is formed by the absence of his reticent, convent-bound mother and his unnamed and unknown father. As the bastard grandson of a local king, Merlin is the object of both envy and ridicule. His strange powers and predictions earn him greater status as a pariah, and he leaves home as a preadolescent. Returning years later as a young man – empowered by self-knowledge and magic – Merlin finds himself caught in the currents of the shifting kingdoms.