Description …The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter is one of Colum’s own creations— and it is a rich and masterful treasure. It languished in the hazy realms of out of print books for years and years, almost entirely forgotten save by a few whose tattered copies were still passed from hand to hand. Now, one of my favorite publishers, Whole Spirit Press, has brought it to life again. Hooray! It is a perfect 6th grade reader and a wonderful read-to for earlier years. The story unfolds during the Middle Ages and is filled with mystery, intrigue and adventure. There are battles against evil in several forms, and a long journey to find the truth and Merlin the Magician (who knows all the answers). Revelation and adventure abound and include Eean arriving at the Tower of Babylon and meeting Chiron the Centaur and Hermes Trismegistus. This is fabulous, wonderful reading that will fire the imaginations of children and adults. How lovely to see it in print again. — Waldorf Books Padraic Colum is one of the most acclaimed storytellers of all time. Author of The King of Ireland’s Son, The Children of Odin and The Children’s Homer, his stories are bigger than life; they spark children’s imagination and carry them through the world of myths and legends. The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter is filled with intrigue, mystery and adventure. It tells the tale of Eean, the fisherman’s son, who vanquishes the evil Zabulun with the aide of the King’s horses, Bird-of-Gold and Merlin the Magician. His quest takes Eean to the Tower of Babylon where he defies his master, and he and Bird-of-Gold, the bramble gatherer’s daughter, flee to Chiron the Centaur and Hermes Trismegistus in a desperate search of a helpmeet. Finally they come to the magical Island of the White Tower which rises into sight out of the western ocean on midsummer’s day, there to meet Merlin and to confront Zabulun in a final battle.
