Merlin's Secret

An intriguing explanation of the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood. Robert Hunt from today is transported back in time by the ghost of 'The lady of the Lake' to the year 600 AD. King Arthur is a warlord. Robert must establish himself in Camelot and work up to become Arthur's adviser by giving them his knowledge from today introducing wonders beyond Camelot's dreams. He is thought to be a wizard and renamed Merlin. He marries and has a child, but tragedy follow in wars with settlers and they are killed. Many adventures take place forming the legend we know today.

Once he has completed his task he is moved on to the year 1200, where he must transform Robin Hood from a highwayman into the hero. Emotional scenes follow when he goes back to Camelot six hundred years since he was last there. King Richard the lionheart makes an appearance following his release from incarceration. The two stories become linked in emotional ways aided by Friar Tuck.

The book is full of history, love friendship and war. Finally, Merlin is moved on again but that is book two in the series and called Merlin's Shakespeare Encounter. Book three is Merlin's French Encounter which finishes on VE day in World War II.

Malcolm John Baker was born in Salisbury, England, in 1945. He is now retired and lives in Florida writing adventure books. His stories relate to events either in history or current affairs but are written as fiction adventure. His next two projects relate to adventure in the Alaskan gold rush and a fantasy book about giants that once roamed the Earth. He has recently acquired the title of Lord of Hougun Manor in the Lake District of Cumbria, England, but he answers to Malcolm if you want to contact him. He is always pleased to hear from his readers, even if they don't like the book.