THE DRAGON AND THE UNICORN

A.A. ATTANASIO

ISBN 10: 0340617659 / ISBN 13: 9780340617656

Published by HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDON, 1994

About this Item

Hard cover with dust jacket. 2nd Printing of the First Edition hard cover. Dark age set Arthurian fantasy novel. Slight wear on board edges. Slight bending on board turning points. The name 'Marion' is written in blue biro on the reverse of the front board. Slight wear/creasing on dust jacket edges. Slight tanning on page edges. Clean pages. Strong binding. Original price not printed on dust jacket. Dust jacket has not been clipped. Location: B35. Seller Inventory # 003887

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE DRAGON AND THE UNICORN

Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDON

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: MICK VAN HOUTEN(JACKET ART)

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

An Arthurian fantasy. The "Dark Ages" of Britain's remote, myth-haunted past are brought to life. A. A. Attanasio's first novel, "Radix", was shortlisted for the Nebula Award.

Review:

The demon Lailoken, as old as time, is tricked by Fire-lords and trapped in a human body. He becomes Merlinus, a wandering wise man expert in magic, destined to work for good among humans, opposed by the Furor (Woden). An encounter with the unicorn--a spirit similarly earthbound--brings him to Ygrane, queen of the Celts, and she sets him a task to find her king, a man seen in vision and fated to be her love-match. Merlinus-Lailoken seeks and finds him: Theodosius, a stable worker. But Ygrane has commanded the demon-wizard to bring her a king, so Merlinus sets to work making one.

This is an entrancing fantasy, drawing on everything from Norse myths to feng shui to build a magical, liminal Arthurian Britain.