Series
The Merlin Codex
Robert Holdstock · 3 novels · 2001–2007
Robert Holdstock's Merlin Codex trilogy -- Celtika, The Iron Grail, and The Broken Kings, published between 2001 and 2007 -- reimagines the Merlin legend within Holdstock's mythic-fantasy style, sitting alongside his other explorations of Arthurian and Celtic myth.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
The Merlin Codex at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s3
Shape
3 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:mythic fantasyquestsbritish islesancient worldadventurousadult
Mood
This series sits where the catalog sits — its mood is the corpus average.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Celtikadarkest · calmest
- The Iron Grailbrightest · most intense