I’m still torn on whether or not I should or want to continue the series. Because even though I would have appreciated the whole thing in the chronological-event order without the gaping hole, I didn’t enjoy the first three books enough to want to continue to two more. Called “more like an appendix” and “better than Arthur,” the latter books are now read by many in a makeshift order, which I wish I had done. In other words, the books suddenly stop being (or working) chronologically. The problem? Because Lawhead released these after realizing the giant hole he left in the plot in the quick wrap-up of Arthur, he ended up writing into the hole. So, once I had finished the trilogy, I researched and discovered that the “trilogy” was expanded, a few years after publication, into a “cycle,” with the addition of two more books: Pendragon and Grail. Check it out HERE.) I had figured out the order of the trilogy as Taliesin, Merlin, and Arthur, but here and there I would see other titles in the series. (Side note: Did you know there is a website to help you figure out the order of books in a series? I would have liked to know about it some time ago. Turns out I was confused about these books. The original publication dates were 1987, 1988, and 1989. I read old paperbacks from Avon Books which I received as hand-me-downs from my aunt. Lawhead, which includes Taliesin, Merlin, and Arthur.
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