Guardian of the Freedom is the 5th book in Irene Radford?s Merlin?s Descendants series. The basic conceit of the series is that magic is real and the members of the Pendragon Society are the magical guardians of Britain. The Society is led by The Pendragon. Drake Kirkwood, the Earl of Kirkenwood is the current Pendragon. The Kirkwoods are Merlin?s direct descendants. The Pendragon has been the magical advisor to the Kings of Britain since Merlin?s time but at the start of the book, it is the 1760?s, the heart of the Enlightenment and Britain is ruled by the German Hanoverians who don?t believe in magic.

(Source: DAW Hardcover)