The Dragon and the Unicorn (1994)

by A. A. Attanasio

Series: Arthor (1)

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Couldn't really get into it, so "read" is inaccurate.

ritaer | Jan 10, 2011 |

Book Description: Harper 2001. Volume Condition - Reading Copy, Cover Condition: N/A. Mass Market (i.e. 4" by 7" soft cover) Binding, New, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Later Edition, . Novel.

Czrbr | Jun 7, 2010 |

This is a very different kind of King Arthur story. Brilliant! I love the fact that Attanasio uses science to explain fantasy. (

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kaboomcju | Mar 3, 2008 |

I skimmed this book a lot and hard a hard time getting into it. Some of the religious aspects were interesting but the book just failed to grab me. (

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archphoenix | May 26, 2007 |

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There is only one dragon.

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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.

(retrieved from Amazon Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:03:13 -0400)

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