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Bruce Coville - Unicorn Chronicles Collection: Into the Land of the Unicorns, Song of the Wanderer, Dark Whispers, The Last Hunt
Into the Land of the Unicorns
On a wintry night Cara and her grandmother are pursued into St. Christopher’s church by an unknown man. Clutching her grandmother’s mysterious amulet, and following the old woman’s strange instructions, Cara escapes into Luster, the Land of the Unicorns. When a goblin-like monster called a delver tries to steal the amulet, Cara is rescued by “the Dimblethum,” a huge, shambling man-beast. Soon the two friends are joined by a rebellious young unicorn named Lightfoot, and a ridiculous creature known only as “the Squijum.” With her new friends, Cara begins a dangerous journey across Luster to deliver a message from her grandmother to the Queen of the Unicorns. Song of the Wanderer
Luster, the world where the unicorns fled to escape the Hunters who have sworn to wipe them out, has dangers of its own—as Cara discovers when she attempts to cross that world in a desperate effort to rescue her grandmother. Each stage of Cara’s journey brings new peril, wondrous new characters, and new clues to the mystery of her grandmother’s past. Dark Whispers
As the unicorns of Luster prepare for an invasion led by their ancient enemy, Beloved, a troubling new clue to the dangers they face is discovered in an ancient scroll. As a result, the queen must send the human girl Cara Dianna Hunter—to the Valley of the Centaurs, in quest of an ancient story that may hold the key to survival for all of Luster. At the same time, Cara’s father, Ian Hunter, searches for a way to enter the Rainbow Prison, in order to free Cara’s mother from the strange spell that holds her. As father and daughter travel their separate paths, each will discover unexpected friendships, face heart-stopping danger, and uncover puzzling new mysteries. The Last Hunt
In the center of Luster towers an enormous tree that is the Heart of the World. Now the tree is wounded, pierced by a tunnel that connects it to Earth. Through that tunnel strides Beloved, the ancient enemy of the unicorns, followed by an army of Hunters eager to destroy every last unicorn. At the center of this great struggle is the human girl, Cara Diana Hunter. As the threads of destiny weave about her, Cara will discover at last the truth about the unicorns—a truth that brings hard choices for everyone she loves as this magnificent, multi-stranded saga thunders to its astonishing conclusion.
On a wintry night Cara and her grandmother are pursued into St. Christopher’s church by an unknown man. Clutching her grandmother’s mysterious amulet, and following the old woman’s strange instructions, Cara escapes into Luster, the Land of the Unicorns. When a goblin-like monster called a delver tries to steal the amulet, Cara is rescued by “the Dimblethum,” a huge, shambling man-beast. Soon the two friends are joined by a rebellious young unicorn named Lightfoot, and a ridiculous creature known only as “the Squijum.” With her new friends, Cara begins a dangerous journey across Luster to deliver a message from her grandmother to the Queen of the Unicorns. Song of the Wanderer
Luster, the world where the unicorns fled to escape the Hunters who have sworn to wipe them out, has dangers of its own—as Cara discovers when she attempts to cross that world in a desperate effort to rescue her grandmother. Each stage of Cara’s journey brings new peril, wondrous new characters, and new clues to the mystery of her grandmother’s past. Dark Whispers
As the unicorns of Luster prepare for an invasion led by their ancient enemy, Beloved, a troubling new clue to the dangers they face is discovered in an ancient scroll. As a result, the queen must send the human girl Cara Dianna Hunter—to the Valley of the Centaurs, in quest of an ancient story that may hold the key to survival for all of Luster. At the same time, Cara’s father, Ian Hunter, searches for a way to enter the Rainbow Prison, in order to free Cara’s mother from the strange spell that holds her. As father and daughter travel their separate paths, each will discover unexpected friendships, face heart-stopping danger, and uncover puzzling new mysteries. The Last Hunt
In the center of Luster towers an enormous tree that is the Heart of the World. Now the tree is wounded, pierced by a tunnel that connects it to Earth. Through that tunnel strides Beloved, the ancient enemy of the unicorns, followed by an army of Hunters eager to destroy every last unicorn. At the center of this great struggle is the human girl, Cara Diana Hunter. As the threads of destiny weave about her, Cara will discover at last the truth about the unicorns—a truth that brings hard choices for everyone she loves as this magnificent, multi-stranded saga thunders to its astonishing conclusion.
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May 7, 2020
The series overall is a four-star read. It's fun, exciting, has great character development, a fantastic villain, and it's one of those series that starts out as middle-grade and becomes YA by the end. And it's got badass unicorns fighting alongside badass dragons, which is just objectively cool.
This full-cast audiobook version, though, was kind of a mixed bag. Some of the voice actors were fantastic, others were mediocre, and the rest were so cheesy that they took me out of the story. It was because of this that it took me so much longer than it should have to finish this series. It also didn't help that some of the characters kept getting different voice actors for each book. It makes sense considering that it took Bruce Coville over a decade to write this four book series, but on top of everything else, it just made the listening experience more jarring.
I would definitely recommend this series to anyone who's into middle-grade fantasy and unconventional YA fantasy, but I can only recommend the audiobook version to younger listeners who might not mind cheesy voices so much.
This full-cast audiobook version, though, was kind of a mixed bag. Some of the voice actors were fantastic, others were mediocre, and the rest were so cheesy that they took me out of the story. It was because of this that it took me so much longer than it should have to finish this series. It also didn't help that some of the characters kept getting different voice actors for each book. It makes sense considering that it took Bruce Coville over a decade to write this four book series, but on top of everything else, it just made the listening experience more jarring.
I would definitely recommend this series to anyone who's into middle-grade fantasy and unconventional YA fantasy, but I can only recommend the audiobook version to younger listeners who might not mind cheesy voices so much.
January 30, 2024
I read this whole series so close together it's impossible for me to rate each book separately. I actually picked up the first book many many years ago in the public library, but they didn't have the rest of the series, so I forgot about it. Until last Christmas when I got the rest of the series as a gift. I finished the whole series in about a week and I enjoyed every moment of it. Is it a bit childish? Sure. But if nostalgia were a book, this would be it. Scenes played out in my head like an 80's Jim Henson movie. Imagine a book that feels like you're watching The Labyrinth or The Neverending Story. Plus, Coville produced this absolute banger of a line: "Change will come whether we wish it to or not. To fight it is like fighting the sunrise. Better to say 'Ah, welcome old friend. Here you are again.'" This series is proudly going on my bookshelf.
August 26, 2021
BEST SERIES EVER!!!! ok, I admit, the first thing that attracted me to this series back when I was in 7th grade was of course the picture of the unicorn on the front. I'm so glad that I found the series in audiobook as well(I actually didn't know until the author posted it on is page last week)
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