Red unicorn (original 1997; edition 1997)

by Tanith Lee

Series: The Unicorn Trilogy (3)

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Feeling neglected because her sorceress mother is enamored with a flamboyant magician and her sister, Emperess Lizra, is infatuated with her own true love, Tanaquil is drawn into another world in which her mirror self is plotting to murder her sister.

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Title:	Red unicorn
Authors:	Tanith Lee
Info:	New York: Tor/T. Doherty Associates, c1997.
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LeaSilhol | Sep 1, 2015 |

I felt that Red Unicorn wasn't as compelling as Gold or Black were. The storyline here wasn't as interesting and the world Tanaquil crossed into was too similar to her own. With the characters she met there being extensions of people she already knew, they weren't very interesting. It was the most self-discovery that she had on her journey, but it wasn't interesting to me. The character I loved best in this book was her Peeve. (

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MillieHennessy | Jul 26, 2015 |

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Red unicorn was the necessary answer to Gold Unicorn: Gold Unicorn left Tanaquil unfinished. She didn't have what she wanted and was miserable and without goals because of it. During Red Unicorn, Tanaquil has another Unicorn and a whole new world, but it ties everything together- every world answers a need she has- this one resolved her need for love, helped her relate to her mother, and helped her figure herself out. I did like this trilogy a lot, but I'll be swapping it. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Tanith Lee	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Dos Santos, Daniel	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Unicorn Trilogy (3)

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Dragonflight Series

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The Power of the Unicorn by Tanith Lee

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Das rote Einhorn

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Red Unicorn

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1997

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To the memory of my jade-eyed mother, Hylda Lee, who first told me stories about witches, princes, and magical beasts.

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The first thing Tanaquil saw almost every morning on waking was the face of the man she loved.

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Feeling neglected because her sorceress mother is enamored with a flamboyant magician and her sister, Emperess Lizra, is infatuated with her own true love, Tanaquil is drawn into another world in which her mirror self is plotting to murder her sister.

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The young wanderer Tanaquil can mend anything that is broken - except her own heart. With the engagement of her beloved Honj to her sister, Empress Lizra, she returns home to her sorcerous mother - and her mother's new lover, the magician Worabex.
Caught up in their combined magic, Tanaquil and her mischievous familiar - a literal pet peeve - find themselves in a parallel world where she meets Tanakil, a mirror-image princess with murder on her mind.
With Red Unicorn, award-winning author Tanith Lee returns once again to her epic fantasy of magic, of alternate worlds both perfect and flawed, and of the enchanting unicorns that travel between them.

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