The Way Home
Two Novellas from the World of The Last Unicorn
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Publisher Description
My father cleared his throat. He began to say, "They took her," but he never got past the first word, and had to start again. He said finally, "The Dreamies took her. She went with the Dreamies."
Sooz was an extraordinary little girl.
She grew into an extraordinary woman, with a gift given to her by a unicorn, after a battle with a griffin.
The gift is more precious than she could have imagined but sets her on a dangerous path to rescue the sister she never knew she had from a land to which humans never go.
But Sooz is no ordinary human. She may not be human at all.
The one thing this changeling child does know is love, and courage.
Combining the Hugo award-winning novelette Two Hearts with brand new story Sooz, The Way Home returns us to the world of The Last Unicorn. Peter S. Beagle brings the same humanity, poignancy and wisdom that makes his writing so magical.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
SFWA Grand Master Beagle returns to the magical landscape of his most famous work with two breathtaking novellas, "Two Hearts," a Hugo Award winner originally published in 2006, and its heartbreaking sequel "Sooz," which is original to this volume. Narrator Sooz is nine in "Two Hearts" when a malignant griffin lands and nests in Midnight Wood near her home. Sooz sets out to ask King Lir for help defeating the beast, aided by two mysterious riders familiar to Beagle's fans: Schmendrick the magician and his companion Molly Grue. Together they find Lir, and poignantly rouse him from old age and fatigue, recruiting both him and his beloved Unicorn to slay the griffin. Eight years later, in "Sooz," the now 17-year-old heroine seeks the sister she never knew she had who was kidnapped by the fairies as a baby. Upon entering the land of the fae, she is raped by four men but befriends a woman of stone who comes to her aid in the aftermath. This new friend is on a quest of her own; she's looking for Uncle Death. In reaching their goals, Sooz learns that the people who change your life stick with you, even after they're gone. With beautiful worldbuilding and tons of heart, these tender fantasies are sure to delight.
