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In Song of Sorcery, Book 1 of Songs from the Seashell Archives, hearth witch Maggie Brown met minstrel Colin Songsmith and a unicorn named Moonshine, while saving both her sister and the kingdom. All in a quest's work for a girl, who can magically do anything she can convince her power is housework. To reward Maggie, the king makes her a princess, and therefore a good catch for the local noble bachelors. Only problem is, she doesn't want to get married. She wants to be with Moonshine, whose show more Unicorn Creed, as he understands it, forbids him to consort with anyone except a chaste maiden. It's rather a touchy situation, and so Princess Maggie abandons her crown and with Moonshine, she and Colin set out to see if they can find a loophole in Moonshine's creed. Of course, in the process they have to try to save the land of Argonia again, this time from a were-man, a revolutionary nymph, a town's worth of zombies, an ice worm and an evil wizard. show lessTags
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Of all the fantasy novels I read in high school, this one was my all time favorite. It is actually a sequal to "Song of Sorcery" which was also a very good novel but this topped it. This book has a full cast of creatures including werewolves, sorcerers, fairies, nymphs, witches, minstrels, princes and, of course, unicorns. I especially love the scene at the end of the story where Colin tries so very hard to save Maggie, but then winds up being the one who has to be saved.
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Elizabeth Ann Scarborough was born March 23, 1947. She won a Nebula Award in 1989 for her novel The Healer's War. She has written numerous books with Anne McCaffrey including The Twins of Petaybee series and the Acorna series. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Unicorn Creed
- Original publication date
- 1983
- People/Characters
- Maggie Brown; Colin Songsmith; Moonshine (unicorn); Fearchar Brown; Sir William Hood; Princess Pegeen Ashburn (show all 26); Sybil Brown; Roari Rowan; Wulfric; Cyril Perchingbird; Prince Leofwin Longstaff; Grizel (dragon); Grimley (dragon); Neddy Pinchpurse; Wizard Raspberry; Sally Forth; Lorelei; Cordelia; Trickle; Belburga; Lily Pearl; Ruby Rose; Daisy Esmerelda; Eagledown (unicorn); Snowshadow (unicorn); Primrose (unicorn)
- Important places
- Everclear; Little Darlingham; Fort Iceworm
- First words
- When Colin Songsmith arrived with the royal party at Fort Iceworm he scarcely recognized the place.
- Quotations
- "For this is the unicorn creed:
She must be a maiden indeed,
Completely straight-laced
And thoroughly chaste,
Who'd ride with the unicorn breed." - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)From the chimneys of the new hall, the fire leapt so high that it's flame was seem as far away as the capitol of Brazoria, where the priestess Helsinora noted the marvelous ascension of a fiery new star into the heavens.
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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