- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Orbit; New edition edition (1 Dec 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857231082
- ISBN-13: 978-1857231083
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 578,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A marvellous fantasy trip' Frank Herbert 'If Harry Potter has given you a thirst for fantasy and you have not discovered the magic of Terry Brooks, you are in for a treat' ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS 'Confirms Terry's place at the head of the fantasy world' Philip Pullman
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The second volume in the wonderful Magic Kingdom of Landover series.
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The black unicorn stepped from the morning mists, almost as if born of them, and stared out over the kingdom of Landover. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ben Holiday after a year of being King of Landover dreams that his friend and former partner Miles is in terrible trouble and so returns to Earth only to find Miles in the greatest of spirits. After returning to Landover and finding Willow and Questor Thews gone Ben is uneasy. His mood is only to be further darkened as Meeks, the man who sold Landover to Ben returns to Landover and through his rather more effective brand of magic steals Bens appearance and turns Ben out into exile. Worst of all Bens medallion, which control the pallidin has been replaced with a black medallion bearing the appearance of the wizard Meeks. With his friends gone Ben can rely on only two people Filip and Sot (who are not the best of characters to stand by your side in an emergency). With the River people, the Lords of the Greenswald and everyone else he knows under the rule of Meeks Ben must fight for his throne, convince his friends of who he is as well as dealing with the myth of the Black Unicorn, the disappearance of Questor and Willow and the ruin which Meeks is causing in Landover.
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Format:Hardcover
This is the second book in the series of Terry Brooks's Landover Novels. Ben Holiday is a laywer from Chicago, who a year ago, purchased a Magical Kingdom for $1m. All had been peacefull and calm for the High Lord, until he gets a disturbing dream about his old law partner, Miles Bennett, in the dream Miles is struggling with the work that Ben left behind. Ben can't stand the guilt any longer, and goes back to Chicago to check on his old partner. At the same time Ben's Wizard, Quester Thews, goes off in search of the missing books of magic, as was shown to him in his dream. And a third dream was sent to Willow, Ben's companion, about a black unicorn that she must go in search for. When Ben returns to Landover, he find that Meeks, the old court wizard who had sold Ben the kingdom, had returned to Landover, only to take over in Ben's role. Worse still Meeks has stolen Ben's identity, and Ben appears to everyone as a common worker. This book sees the travels of Ben, searching in vain for the answers to all his questions, where he is accompanied by a prism cat, Edgewood Dirk, who tries to help him get his identity back, before the Kingdom of Landover is lost to the evil Meeks forever.
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Format:Paperback
This was the first fantasy book I ever read when it first came out, and I enjoyed it so much I have since fallen in love with the genre.
The second in the "Magic Kingdom" series, the book is full of twists, tricks and the excellent and diverse characters of the first book.
A good all round fantasy book, especially for those younger fantasy readers (the novel is more orientated towards magic than battle) For the more mature stories, try Brook's Shannara series.
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Patchy Yet Entertaining
This is the second excursion into the magical kingdom of Landover, and while it may not have the immedate freshness of the original, Brooks still manages to keep the entertainment... Read more
Published 3 months ago by David Ford
Fun fiction
Terry Brooks writes very engagingly with great descriptions and fun characters. Nice twists and turns in the plot.
Published 19 months ago by Lena Leigh Bretz
Boring book... :-)
I am sad to say this is probably the worst book from Terry Brooks I've ever read. The first one in this series wasn't a masterpiece either, but this was downright boring. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Book gobbler
Excellent service.
This was not in as perfect condition as I would have liked. However, I got a full refund immediately, with no quibble, including P & P. Read more
Published on 9 April 2010 by Mrs. J. A. Canfield
Terry brookes Black unicorn
As a Terry Brookes fan, I can really recommend this book. Buy it and enjoy!
Published on 9 July 2009 by T. Jackson
Good second novel
I really liked 'The Black Unicorn' and would wholly recommend it to anyone who liked the first novel in the Landover series. Read more
Published on 29 April 2007 by Matt
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