Stalking the Unicorn Mike Resnick | ISBN : 1-59102-648-2

Stalking the Unicorn

Author: Mike Resnick

Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers

Publication Date: 01 August, 2008

ISBN: 9781591026488

Pages: 310

Subjects: Mystery, Science fiction, Fantasy

Available as: , Trade Cloth, 978-0-8125-5115-0 Trade Paper, 978-1-59102-648-8 E-Book - EPUB, 978-1-61417-024-2

Description:

It's 8:35 pm on New Year's Eve, and Private Detective John Justin Mallory is hiding out in his Manhattan office to avoid his landlord's persistent inquiries about the unpaid rent. As he cheerlessly reflects on the passing of a lousy year, which saw his business partner run off with his wife, he assumes the bourbon is responsible for the appearance of a belligerent elf. This elf informs him that he needs the detective's help in searching for a unicorn that was stolen from his charge. When Mallory realises the little green fellow is not going to disappear with the passing of his inebriation, he listens to the elf's impassioned plea that the stolen magical beast must be returned to his care by daylight or his little green life will be forfeited by the elves' guild. Join detective Mallory on a New Year's night of wild adventure in a fantasy Manhattan of leprechauns, gnomes, and harpies as he matches wits with the all-powerful demon The Grundy in a race to find the missing unicorn before time runs out!

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2008-06-09

This enchanting blend of fantasy and hard-boiled detection, back in print after two decades, heralds a new series from prolific multiple-award-winner Resnick, best-known for his Birthright Universe series. On a gloomy New Year's Eve, recently bereft of wife and partner, down-and-out New York City PI John Justin Mallory is hired by Mergensterm, a little green elf who wants Mallory to track down a stolen unicorn. After gradually accepting that his client is not an alcohol-fueled hallucination, Mallory deftly takes on a shadow city of demons, leprechauns and gnomes even as he learns that his own future hinges on the unicorn's recovery. The crisp dialogue and imaginative setting will have many fantasy readers wanting to revisit Manhattan's magical side. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved