Later novels in this series take young Emrys/Merlin into further adventures.

In the second book, The Seven Songs of Merlin, he is charged with healing Fincayra's ruined lands. To do so, he must stay there and use the flowering harp, one of the magical treasures that Stangmar had hoarded in the castle. Lonely, he transports his mother to Fincayra, but almost immediately she is attacked by a deathshadow. Merlin must master the seven wizard's songs within a month to save her.

The Fires of Merlin, still set in Fincayra, features a reawakened dragon, Valdearg, whom Merlin must fight. In The Mirror of Merlin, losing a sword takes Merlin into a haunted marsh. He travels through the Mists of Time to meet an older version of himself.

This novel also introduces other characters from the Arthurian saga: the young Arthur, an equally young Ector...