The Merlin Effect (1994) (edit title/settings)

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• Kate Gordon: 13-year old girl who is helping her father look for the legendary sunken ship, the Resurrecion which her father believes would lead him to the Horn of Merlin.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Jim Gordon: Kate's father. A historian and scholar of Merlin legend/history. He leads an expedition team to Baja California where he believes the Resurrecion to have sunk.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Isabella: A marine biologist who accompanies the expedition team for her own purposes of looking for marine species which are supposed to have been extinct, but are still living in the waters of Baja.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Terry: A geologist who completes the expedition team. He thinks that the legends about Merlin are merely the product of an overactive imagination; nevertheless, he joins the team to study the volcanic activity under the waters of Baja.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Geoffrey of Bardsey: An old monk and member of the Order of the Horn, a legendary group dedicated to finding the lost Horn of Merlin. Kate finds this slightly wacky old man aboard the Resurrecion where he has been living for thousands of years.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Merlin: The wizard of Arthurian legend. He is said to have been shut in a cave by his nemesis, Nimue while trying to protect the Horn of Merlin. Nobody knows if he is dead or alive...and many doubt that he even existed.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Nimue: A sorceress of the sea who is said to have been responsible for the disappearance of Merlin. She lives for one desire -- to possess the Horn of Merlin and attain immortality.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Garlon the Seaworthy: The heroic seafarer of legends who is tempted by Nimue and becomes her slave in her quest for the Horn of Merlin.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Emrys: The master craftsman of the thirteen treasures which will aid Arthur in the last battle. One of these treasures is the Horn of Merlin which was originally intended to be a wedding present to his bride, Wintonwy.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Wintonwy: A mermaid Emrys falls in love with.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)
• Merwas: King of the mer-people and father of Wintonwy. He places a rainbow-colored liquid in the Horn of Merlin. The liquid is the enabling power to give eternal life to those who have wisdom and a strength of will.(description by thoughtsarefree@shelfari)

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• Baja, California

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Preceded by The Ancient One.

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1. T. A. Barron (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Gr. 6-9, ages 10-14. But even adults will love this book. No violence or pornography.

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• Books › Teens › Authors, A-Z › ( B ) › Barron, T.A.
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Authors, A-Z › ( B ) › Barron, T.A.
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Epic
• Books › Children's Books › Literature

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• T.A. Barron Official Website

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