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Merlin's Elder Years as King Arthur's Advisor, the Rise of Morgause, and His Time with the Lady of the Lake
Mary Stewart once again does a masterful job retelling the Matter of Britain and Arthurian Legend in her own reinterpretation of events, explaining many of the more fanciful legends of magic and enchantment in a more realistic way, as they are always embellished by the common and superstitious people of the times.

We see Merlin advice King Arthur on uniting Great Britain, tangling with Morgause in her various deadly ploys as the wife of King Lot, enemy of Arthur, and later Queen of Orkney, where she raises 4 fiery young red-headed boys: Gawain, Agravaine, Gareth, and Gaheris, along with one dark-haired, slender boy named Mordred.

Merlin also encounters a young woman he mistakes for a boy at first, named Niniane (aka Nimue, Viviane, etc in the many version of the Lady of the Lake legend), who was raised next to the lake at Avalon, and who forms a romantic relationship with Merlin as she also learns all his arcane knowledge and thus receives (steals?) his magic over time, eventually leaving him spent.