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It happens quickly. Caught up in a fight with sorcerers who want Arthur dead, Merlin gets a dagger in his chest. Arthur brings him back to Camelot, to Gaius, but it’s too late.
As Arthur watches Gaius clean Merlin, he is dumbfounded by the array of scars on Merlin’s body. How had he gotten so many? How had Arthur never seen any of them before? Had Arthur known Merlin at all, or was he really just a stranger?
Then the unimaginable happens, and Merlin is alive again. Now Arthur has to grapple with who Merlin really is, who Merlin’s been all along, and who Arthur wants to be in response.
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06 Jul 2026
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In the morning, Merlin knows, Arthur will don his crown again. But for now their world is only Arthur’s drowsy kisses, and Merlin tracing circles on Arthur’s bare chest, and the night outside is deep and dark and still. There are no conspiracies, no dragons, no prophecies relentlessly unraveling.
Merlin wishes, selfishly, that dawn might never come.
(And the dawn obeys.)
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01 Jul 2026
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After encountering a powerful witch, Arthur is turned into a dragon – only to be rescued by the last of the dragonlords. Who happens to be his manservant. Which is only the first of the unfathomable and upsetting facts that Arthur is learning about Merlin’s life, about dragons, and about his own heart.
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01 Jul 2026
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The spell rolls across the field, flattening the grass with all the howling power of a gale-force wind. As the wave of magic crashes against them, Merlin has no time to gasp out a spell. He only throws up his arms to cover his face, his own sorcery flaring around him in the same defensive instinct — twin reflexes, beyond conscious thought.
OR: On a morning patrol outside the castle, the knights encounter a sorcerer hell-bent on revenge. Merlin can save Arthur, but doesn't realize what it will cost him until it's too late.
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01 Jul 2026
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To mess with a dragon's treasure is the epitome of foolishness. To be a dragon's treasure is a double-edged honor foolishly refused.
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Merlin experiences life as a dragon and Arthur plays the part of a princess
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- Part 1 of The Ark of Merlin
- Part 1 of A Dragon's Tail
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28 Jun 2026