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Unicorn Precinct

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"All in all, this is a fascinating excursion in genre-bending; worth a try even for readers who usually take either their procedurals or their fantasies unadulterated." - Booklist on Dragon Precinct

Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff's End, to say nothing of the tourists and tra...more

Paperback, 178 pages

Published July 29th 2011 by Dark Quest, LLC (first published June 16th 2011)

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Aug 21, 2012 Skaadi rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm honestly not sure what to say about this book.

I've been a big fan of the author since I randomly picked up Dragon Precinct a few years ago, and I remember being so wowed by the original characters and plot, and after that amazing read I can't help but feel this was a rather lackluster effort. Dragon Precinct was one of those really original books where there was no way you could guess how it was going to turn out, and I suppose this had it going for it as well, but it lacks...well that certa...more

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Jan 12, 2012 Jens rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Unicorn Precinct is the long-overdue sequel to Dragon Precinct, the debut original novel from tie-in veteran Keith R.A. DeCandido, which was published in 2004. After the planned novel series was abandoned, due to Simon & Schuster discontinuing the line of original science fiction and fantasy novels Dragon Precinct was part of, the “Precinct universe” was kept alive in several short stories over the years before being picked this year up by Dark Quest Books.

I haven’t read the short stories se...more Unicorn Precinct is the long-overdue sequel to Dragon Precinct, the debut original novel from tie-in veteran Keith R.A. DeCandido, which was published in 2004. After the planned novel series was abandoned, due to Simon & Schuster discontinuing the line of original science fiction and fantasy novels Dragon Precinct was part of, the “Precinct universe” was kept alive in several short stories over the years before being picked this year up by Dark Quest Books.

I haven’t read the short stories set in Cliff’s End and it has been almost seven years since I’ve read Dragon Precinct, but nonetheless reading Unicorn Precinct felt like meeting old friends — I couldn’t really make out if nods to other cases were from the original novel or one of the short stories, nor remember much of the minutiae of Dragon Precinct, but I felt immediately at home in Cliff’s End while reading the story.

As mentioned above, Unicorn Precinct follows different groups of the castle guard while they’re investigating their cases, but Torin and Danthres and their murder case pretty much have the spotlight for most of the novel. I have to admit that the whodunnit part of this plot probably isn’t the most groundbreaking piece of writing by Keith R.A. DeCandido, but he was able to balance that out with very good character work. Both the relationship between Torin and Danthres and their dealings with the different characters relevant to the case are written really well and that alone is able to keep the reader hooked.

The other cases give you a good chance to see more of Cliff’s End and make the world come to life beyond the murder case. The castle guard officers are a diverse bunch of people, ranging from somewhat shady old-timers to overly naïve, indoctrinated goody-two-shoes, but all of them are able to spark some interest in following them. I’m not really sure if it was the intention of the author to make him likeable, but I have to admit that Grovis kind of grew on me during the course of the novel, and I wouldn’t mind if he would get an even greater role in future books set in the Precinct universe. It’s just so adorable to watch him trying to be the best officer possible, just to be hindered by both the realities of police work and the indoctrination he received during his upbringing.

The novel definitely has its weaknesses (the relative shortness and the somewhat unexciting plot of the murder case, to name the two major ones), but Keith R.A. DeCandido manages to even those out with his very good character work, so that Unicorn Precinct definitely is worth a look.(less)

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Feb 19, 2013 Star (The Bibliophilic Book Blog) rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Castle Guard Detectives Danthres Tresyllione and Torin ban Wyvald are back for their second adventure in ‘Unicorn Precinct’. When the youngest daughter of a very influential Cliff’s End family is murdered, they’re on the case. Yet, as usual, things are not always as they seem and when Torin’s father comes to take him home, it brings out a very different side of Torin – which may not help their investigation.

I really enjoyed the first book in this series (‘Dragon Precinct’) and ‘Unicorn Precinct...more

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Sep 06, 2012 Hasien rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I really enjoyed this story. I like this one more than dragon precinct. The characters are great. This was a fun whodunit.

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