Birth of the Firebringer

I bought this book when I was 7 years old, and it has been my favorite ever since. I had no idea there were sequels until coming online 3 years ago, and since then, I've been taking part in the great dance of trying to find them. Even without ever reading "Dark Moon" and "Son of Summer Stars", I would say this is a superb standalone legend. I look forward to the day they are all reprinted for a new generation of dreamers and... Read Full Review

Okay, how to start...but, one problem: once I start, I won't be able to end. The legend of the Firebringer. The most ingenious, original, beautiful piece of writing I have ever, ever come across. It is a masterpiece. If ever you have read any books based on unicorns: throw those aside. Cast all other visions aside. Read, and be entranced. It is just beautiful.This world that Ms. Pierce has created is unlike any... Read Full Review

Why, oh why is this fabulous book out of print? Who conspires against the wonderful world of the Warriors of the Ring and keeps it so hard to find, instead of every child in america having a copy? *Sigh* It saddens me that my children will never know this most wonderious world for themselves, because, while a copy of the first book is easy to find, the next two are as slippery as a wyrm to find. I should know, because every... Read Full Review

I found the book at my library when I was in Jr. High (about ten years ago) and read it several times before returning it. Time passed but I could never forget the enchanting story of Aljan and the unicorn herd and their fight against the wyverns. I finally found the book again during the past year and read it again and it was better than I remembered. I also discovered the sequels to the original and I was overjoyed... Read Full Review

This book and the two that follow it form the most undeservedly obscure trilogy in fantasy. If a coming-of-age adventure with a unicorn protagonist and a cast of characters including marauding gryphons, treacherous wyverns, and a goddess of many guises sounds unlikely, my only suggestion is, read and be entranced: it's beautiful! Pierce's exquisite, lyrical language and hypnotizing narrative spring from the same source as... Read Full Review