Birth of the Firebringer (1985)

I picked this up off the juvie paperback rack, fell in love with the series, and then COULD NOT FIND THE SEQUELS in the library. It wasn't til many years later that the other books came back into print, and I was able to finish the series. ( )

Jan is a stubborn, adventurous and completely reckless. He also happens to son to the Prince of the Unicorns; a proud race who sends their older foals on a pilgrimage every year as an introduction to adulthood, to the life as warriors. But the pilgrimage ends in the lands where the unicorns once roamed before a band of wyverns drove them away. It's a dangerous place and it's important to stick together and act as a team.

But Jan is impatient and thirsty for adventures; he has a hard time keeping in line. There's so much to see, so much to do. And as they get closer to their goal, he's starting to realise that there's more to the truth than he's been told...

I was recommended this series by my boyfriend as it's one of his favourites from his early teens, so of course I had to give it a go. I mean, unicorns? It's hard to resist.

I wish I would have read it when I was in my early teens as well. It would have fit me much better back then and I would've been able to appreciate it more back then. But it was a good read; exciting and a wonderful world to sink into. It was hard not to fall in love with the reckless little brat Jan or his friends Dagg and Tek. They're a good, exciting trio and I can't wait to find out what they're gonna be up to next. ( )

I adore the unicorn race in this series, these books made me dream. ( )

Review located at http://lupabitch.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/the-firebringer-trilogy-meredith-ann-p... ( )

I got this when I was 12 and then the other 2 went OUT OF PRINT for more than twenty years! Arrrrrrg! ( )