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Hello,
I have greatly loved reading the Unicorn Chronicles and recently have been looking to purchase all of them for my own collection and was wondering when The Last Hunt would be back in print? It's currently really hard to find and I know there's an audio book for it but I would really like to have a hard copy. Thank you for this series!
I have greatly loved reading the Unicorn Chronicles and recently have been looking to purchase all of them for my own collection and was wondering when The Last Hunt would be back in print? It's currently really hard to find and I know there's an audio book for it but I would really like to have a hard copy. Thank you for this series!
Reply by Bruce Coville
Hi, Petrina -
So . . . about THE LAST HUNT. Here is a rather lengthy answer: First off,
I am very sorry about the situation. For reasons I have never understood, Scholastic failed to release a paperback edition. I'm still upset about that, and felt it was a great betrayal of my readers.
On the good news side, I have regained the rights to the books and I am working on bringing them back in print myself. The plan is to split up the totally-out-of-proportion third and fourth volumes (split DARK WHISPERS in half, and THE LAST HUNT into 3 parts) to make a seven part series that is more evenly divided.
The first half of Book 3 is now available as ENTER THE WHISPERER, and just a few days ago I sent the second half, which will be called SECRET OF THE DELVERS, to the designer. I am hoping to have it available on my website and at Amazon in the next 5 or 6 weeks.
So now it's on to THE LAST HUNT! I am hoping it will move faster than SECRET OF THE DELVERS, which required substantial revisions. (It has FIVE new chapters about Lightfoot!) My goal is to have all three volumes out before the end of the year, in the first uniform edition the series has ever had!
All best,
BC
So . . . about THE LAST HUNT. Here is a rather lengthy answer: First off,
I am very sorry about the situation. For reasons I have never understood, Scholastic failed to release a paperback edition. I'm still upset about that, and felt it was a great betrayal of my readers.
On the good news side, I have regained the rights to the books and I am working on bringing them back in print myself. The plan is to split up the totally-out-of-proportion third and fourth volumes (split DARK WHISPERS in half, and THE LAST HUNT into 3 parts) to make a seven part series that is more evenly divided.
The first half of Book 3 is now available as ENTER THE WHISPERER, and just a few days ago I sent the second half, which will be called SECRET OF THE DELVERS, to the designer. I am hoping to have it available on my website and at Amazon in the next 5 or 6 weeks.
So now it's on to THE LAST HUNT! I am hoping it will move faster than SECRET OF THE DELVERS, which required substantial revisions. (It has FIVE new chapters about Lightfoot!) My goal is to have all three volumes out before the end of the year, in the first uniform edition the series has ever had!
All best,
BC