Red Unicorn (Starscape) [Mass Market Paperback]

Tanith Lee (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Series: Starscape

The enchanting, magical sequel to The Black Unicorn and The Gold Unicorn!

After several years traveling, Tanaquil — a sorceress like her mother with the ability to mend — returns home only to discover that her true love has been betrothed to her sister, Empress Lizra. Broken-hearted and jealous of her sister’s happiness, Tanaquil is lured by a red unicorn into a mirror world where she encounters Tanakil, a diabolical version of herself.

She discovers also several new powers. Powers she will need to foil Tanakil’s sinister plot of revenge.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Lavish, whimsical dreamscapes reminiscent of Lewis Carroll. Lee’s charming exuberance is everywhere in evidence, no more so than in Tanaquil’s familiar, a wonderfully comic, cavorting beasty.” —Publishers Weekly

“Lee’s language is lyrical and her setting is fantastical. Tanaquil is a good role model for any young girl struggling with love, relationships or parents.” The San Diego Union-Tribune

About the Author

Tanith Lee has published over fifty novels and story collections in the fantasy, science fiction and horror fields. She has won several World Fantasy Awards and the August Derleth Award. She lives near Brighton, England.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Starscape; 1st edition (April 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765345684
• ISBN-13: 978-0765345684
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,051,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Grand Finale, August 30, 2003

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Brittney Hinson "garnet17" (Ashford, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Unicorn (Starscape) (Mass Market Paperback)

After many adventures and a few heartbreaks, Tanaquil returns home to her mother's fortress in the desert only to find that everything has changed. Tanaquil's mother has fallen in love and, if she spent little time with Tanaquil before, she spends none with her now. Tanaquil is considering moving on when adventure comes for her in the shape of a red unicorn...

The red unicorn leads Tanaquil into a world that mirrors her own. Everyone she knows and loves is in this world...even she is here in the form of a princess named Tanakil. But everything here is opposite. The sky is green, wolves eat nuts, and everyone that is evil in Tanaquil's world is good here... and vice versa.

Can Tanaquil stop her evil twin Tanakil before she does the unthinkable and murders her own sister? And will Tanaquil ever be able to return to her own world? And, more importantly, if she does, will Tanaquil have the courage to tell her half-sister the awful truth...that Tanaquil is in love with her half-sister's future husband? How could such a tangled story have a happy ending...you may be surprised.

This is the last book in the trilogy that also contains Black Unicorn and Red Unicorn. All three books are wonderful, but this one is by far the best. I highly recommend them all.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!!!, December 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Red Unicorn (Tor Fantasy) (Mass Market Paperback)

Excellent book! I missed out on Gold Unicorn, but the summary at the front of the book helped a lot! I love Tanith lee's humour and writing style--very vivid, imaginative, and a very good read! Gives the unicorn its due!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A horrible rip off, April 25, 2010

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Mage of Fantasy "Mage of Fantasy" (Pittsburg, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Unicorn (Starscape) (Mass Market Paperback)

In all honesty this third book felt rushed, like Tanith Lee was told to spit out another book solely for the monetary value and to heck with the quality. The Red Unicorn seemed to rip off parts and basic premise from the Wizard of Oz, Alice In Wonderland and the Labyrinth all in one fell swoop. Tanaqil behaves like an angsty, whiny teenager in response to her difficulties in life, a direct contrast to her behavior in the first two books. I was left at the end of the book with a raised eyebrow and had to confirm that yes this was the same author for the same series I had so dearly loved in the earlier books.