Maybe that is what made me pay more attention, or else I have just reached my limit for re-reads of this book. No, this book has dragons, gryphons, wyrms, pans, and unicorns.
The unicorns worship an omnipotent, omnipresent goddess called Alma, the Mother-of-all, and have lived in exile in the Vale of the Unicorns for four hundred years since they were driven from their homeland by the wyverns. I can't tell you how much I ate, breathed, and slept unicorns as a kid because of these books!A lovely tale that I wish I had found when unicorns still ran in my dreams, and at night, as I fell asleep, a different form of body I pretended I might be.I'm not a huge fan of horse (or unicorn as the case may be) stories, but this one was so well written.
Korr's praise of Tek was his way of trying to make up for the fact she's his actual firstborn, although Tek is ignorant of this.aside from those who were horses originally, like Jah-lila and Ryhenna, who only have the horn after they drink from the Mere of the Moonloses his memory in the second book, he's taken to a human settlement and inadvertently becomes the "First Stallion" of the herd of I love Aljan but i have to say Tek and her mother come pretty close to taking that spot :).
0739435701 Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. And Jan's true sire is Calydor, whose name means "summer stars." especially if you love dragons, unicorns, and gryphons!These are some of my favorite books! I love the unicorns and their culture, and this author has an amazing talent for plot development. Every day, they work hard collecting nuts and berries. I have read it a few times now, and will certainly read it many more times in the years to come.I always love to reread this series because of the characters and the story.
More action and adventure.I'm giving this trilogy 3/5 because while it wasn't my favorite, I understand that there are other people whose tastes for fantasy are probably more in line with this type of story than mine. Her books deal in fantasy worlds with mythic settings and yet overturn standard expectations, frequently featuring young women who first wish only to love and be loved, yet who must face hazard and danger to save their way of life, their world, and so on, usually without being respected for their efforts until the end of the story. I quickly fell in love with the characters and thoroughly enjoyed the story. THE FIREBRINGER TRILOGY: Book 1- Birth of the Firebringer; Book 2 : Dark Moon; Book 3 : Son of Summer Stars [Pierce, Meredith Ann, Linda Champanier;] on Amazon.com.
I ordered the book through a school book order form when I was in the fourth grade, and my copy is worn and tattered (so I finally got it on Kindle). Yes it's about talking unicorns but it is really really good. I think what struck me is that the story is about questioning what "everyone knows" and looking at situations from the viewpoints of others, even enemies...about realizing that you can't judge others' motivations without talking to them and trying to understand them first. I would recommend these books to anyone.I loved this trilogy when I was in middle school/high school. I was attracted to the artwork...a theme in my book choices and reviews...and the pretty horses on the cover. Meredith Ann Pierce is one of America's premiere fantasy writers.
The unicorns are primarily fighters rather than lovers and plot weaves around coming of age + power struggles of who's going to be in charge.The first, Birth of the Firebringer, is my absolute favorite book of all time. I also love gryphons, and have had similar problems finding stories about them. This series is well worth reading and maybe more then once. by Science Fiction Book Club The Firebringer Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce is a Young Adult series of novels whose main protagonists are unicorns. I like it better than her vampire series.When it comes to unicorn fantasy books you read as a kid, it doesn't get much better than this.Sooo gripping from front to back - all three books.I'm not a big unicorn person but this was still quite good.
I have always loved unicorns, but finding stories about them has been very hard and rare. This series is like 10% your awww-girly-book-of-unicorns and 90% this-shit's-going-down. June 1st 2003 That's one of the major ideas I try to get across in teaching literature, and as I think about it, I wonder how much this book helped coalesce that internal value.