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Renowned author Peter S. Beagle returns to the world of The Last Unicorn in this resonant and moving two-novella collection, featuring the award-winning “Two Hearts” and the brand-new “Sooz.” The Last Unicorn is one of fantasy’s most revered classics, beloved by generations of readers and with millions of copies in print. Revisiting the world of that novel, Beagle’s long-awaited Hugo and Nebula-Awards-winning “Two Hearts” introduced the irrepr...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Unicorn comes a new novel with equal amounts of power and whimsy in which a loveable cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come together to take their fates into their own hands.Dragons are common in the backwater kingdom of Bellemontagne, coming in sizes from mouse-like vermin all the way up to castle-smashing monsters. Gaius Aurelius Cons...

My father cleared his throat. He began to say, "They took her, " but he never got past the first word, and had to start again. He said finally, "The Dreamies took her. She went with the Dreamies." Sooz was an extraordinary little girl. She grew into an extraordinary woman, with a gift given to her by a unicorn, after a battle with a griffin. The gift is more precious than she could have imagined but sets her on a dangerous path to rescue the s...

Dragons are common in the back-water kingdom of Bellemontagne, coming in sizes from mouse-like vermin all the way up to castle-smashing monsters. There are so many of them, the romance is long gone. They're pests, infestations, nuisances.Gaius Aurelius Constantine Heliogabalus Thrax (who would much rather people just call him Robert) has recently inherited his deceased father's job as a dragon catcher/exterminator, a career he detests with all...

An unlikely friendship based on philosophy develops between an aging academic and a mythological beast. A mysterious, beautiful attendee who attends a ball thrown in her honor chooses whether or not to become mortal. A dysfunctional relationship is not improved by the consequences of lycanthropy. One very brave young mouse questions his identity and redefines feline wiles. From heartbreaking to humorous, these carefully curated stories by Pete...

The essential second volume of bestselling author Peter S. Beagle's short stories, including one previously unpublished and four uncollected stories, shows again that Beagle is one of America's most influential fantasists. With his celebrated versatility, humor, and grace, Beagle is at home in a dazzling variety of subgenres. Evoking comparison to such iconic authors as Twain, Tolkien, Carroll, L'Engle, and Vonnegut, this career retrospective ...

»Das letzte Einhorn ist das beste Buch, das ich je gelesen habe.« Patrick Rothfuss Längst gehört »Das letzte Einhorn« zum Kanon der Weltliteratur für Leserinnen und Leser jeder Altersklasse und es hat bis heute nichts von seiner Faszination verloren. Unzählige Fans hat dieses Buch an die Fantasy herangeführt. Eine einzigartige Geschichte über Freiheit und ihre Bedrohung, am Beispiel eines aussterbenden Fabelwesens. Das Einhorn lebte in e...

Die meisterhafte Fortsetzung des Klassikers »Das letzte Einhorn« Sooz' 17. Geburtstag steht bevor. All die Jahre hat sie nicht vergessen, was Molly Grue ihr einst aufgetragen hat: Sie muss nur eine bestimmte Melodie an ihrem Geburtstag pfeifen und dann wird sie eine bedeutsame Begegnung erleben... Aber wer ist die Frau, die ihr erscheint? Das Rätsel führt sie in ein fremdes Land.  Das Land der Geträumten, das Land der Elfen und der kleinen...

DER FANTASY-KLASSIKER IN NEUEM GEWAND Das Einhorn lebt allein und zufrieden in seinem verzauberten Wald. Dann jedoch erfährt das edle Zauberwesen, dass es das letzte seiner Art sein könnte. Also macht sich das magische Geschöpf auf die Suche nach seinen Artgenossen und bereist eine Welt, in der Gier und Finsternis vorherrschen, sich aber auch Mut und Freundschaft finden. Gemeinsam mit dem Zauberer Schmendrick und der Räuberbraut Molly Grue st...

If men no longer know what they are looking at, there may well be unicorns in the world yet, unknown and glad of it." Living in peace in her lilac wood, the Unicorn didn't know the world had changed, or that anything had happened to the rest of her kind. Overhearing a chance conversation, she resolves to venture out and discover the truth. The road is dangerous, and the risks are great. If she fails, then unicorns will be lost. Forever.A moder...

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One brand-new, long-awaited novella, and one Hugo and Nebula award winning novella, both featuring characters from the beloved classic The Last Unicorn, from renowned fantasy writer Peter S. Beagle.Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn is one of fantasy's most beloved classics, with millions of copies in print worldwide. Beagle's long-awaited return to the world of that novel came with "Two Hearts, " which garnered Hugo and Nebula awards in 2006,...

Jonathan Rebeck is homeless. Bankrupt. He has dropped out of society and has been living quietly in a local cemetery, under the care of a raven who is quite good at stealing sandwiches.Far from being lonely, Jonathan is able to converse with the ghosts around him, and finds himself following two spirits who are new, and falling in love with each other. When a visiting widow stumbles across him, will the living world begin to intrude on this fi...

If men no longer know what they are looking at, there may well be unicorns in the world yet, unknown and glad of it." Living in peace in her lilac wood, the Unicorn didn't know the world had changed, or that anything had happened to the rest of her kind. Overhearing a chance conversation, she resolves to venture out and discover the truth. The road is dangerous, and the risks are great. If she fails, then unicorns will be lost. Forever.A moder...

THE LAST UNICORN is the best book I have ever read. You need to read it. If you've already read it, you need to read it again." Patrick Rothfuss

The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone... ...so she ventured out from the safety of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind. Joined along the way by the bumbling magician Schmendrick and the indomitable Molly Grue, the unicorn learns all about the joys and sorrows of life and love before meeting her destiny in the castle of a despondent monarch-and confronting the creature that would drive her kind to extinct...

THE LAST UNICORN is the best book I have ever read. You need to read it. If you've already read it, you need to read it again." Patrick Rothfuss

What if animals could talk? Or communicate telepathically? What if they evolved to become something more than human, or we made ourselves more like them?Storytellers have asked these questions from the dawn of human history to the present day. An Anthropomorphic Century showcases the answers to some of these questions from the last century.Features stories ranging from 1909 to 2008, including the talents of Peter S. Beagle, Philip K. Dick, Mic...