INCLUDES A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS

Experience one of the most enduring classics of the twentieth century and the book that The Atlantic has called “one of the best fantasy novels ever.”

The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone...

...so she ventured out from the safety of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind. Joined along the way by the bumbling magician Schmendrick and the indomitable Molly Grue, the unicorn learns all about the joys and sorrows of life and love before meeting her destiny in the castle of a despondent monarch—and confronting the creature that would drive her kind to extinction....

In The Last Unicorn, renowned and beloved novelist Peter S. Beagle spins a poignant tale of love, loss, and wonder that has resonated with millions of readers around the world.

“Peter S. Beagle illuminates with his own particular magic.”—Ursula K. Le Guin

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451450524

She was magical, beautiful beyond belief—and completely alone...

The unicorn had lived since before memory in a forest where death could touch nothing. Maidens who caught a glimpse of her glory were blessed by enchantment they would never forget. But outside her wondrous realm, dark whispers and rumours carried a message she could not ignore: "Unicorns are gone from the world."

Aided by a bumbling magician and an indomitable spinster, she set out to learn the truth. but she feared even her immortal wisdom meant nothing in a world where a mad king's curse and terror incarnate lived only to stalk the last unicorn to her doom...

Dragons are common in the backwater kingdom of Bellemontagne, coming in sizes from mouselike vermin all the way up to the fabled Kings, which haven't been seen in an age. Gaius Aurelius Constantine Heliogabalus Thrax (who would much rather people call him Robert) has recently inherited his deceased father's job as a dragon exterminator, a career he detests with all his heart. Things turn from bad to worse when Robert is hired by the royal family to disinfest the entire castle, as Princess Cerise is determined to receive Crown Prince Reginald with the shabby château looking its best.

What happens next is not the fairy tale you may be expecting.

کتاب آخرین تک شاخ، رمانی نوشتهٔ پیتر اس. بیگل است که برای اولین بار در سال ۱۹۶۸ انتشار یافت. تک شاخ داستان این رمان، برای مدتی بسیار طولانی در جنگلی زندگی می‌کرد که در آن، مرگ نمی‌توانست بر چیزی سلطه داشته باشد. زیبارویانی که می‌توانستند نیم نگاهی به زیبایی باشکوه او بیاندازند، تا آخر عمر این تجربهٔ یگانه را فراموش نمی‌کردند. اما خارج از قلمروی شگفت انگیز تک شاخ، شایعاتی تاریک و بدشگون به گوش می‌رسید: تک شاخ‌ها در این جهان از بین رفته‌اند. تک شاخ به همراه جادوگری دست و پا چلفتی و دختری پرانرژی برای یافتن حقیقت پا به سفر می‌گذارد. اما او ترس این را دارد که حتی خرد جاودانش نیز در این دنیا ارزشی نداشته باشد؛ دنیایی که در آن، نیروهایی تاریک به دنبال نابود کردن آخرین تک شاخ هستند.

Щом научава, че целият ѝ народ е изчезнал, еднорогата поема по света, за да го открие. Скоро до нея закрачват двама спътници, които също са изгубили най-ценното си: неспособен магьосник, зад чиято младолика външност се крие тайна, и огорчена разбойничка c душа на момиченце. По пътя ги чакат срещи със Среднощния карнавал на Мама Фортуна, капитан Къли и веселата му дружина, прокълнатият град Хагсгейт, неразгадаемият крал Хагард и самия Червен бик. Всяка от тях e изпитание на скрити сили и стаени страхове; всяка ги води крачка по-нататък към истинските им мечти и към смисъла на геройството, обичта и човечността.

Забележка: Първото хартиено издание е изчерпано. Може да си поръчате електронното издание (което е с преработен текст) от Човешката библиотека.