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Jan carries a silver crescent on his brow and a white star on his heel, marks that predict he will become the legendary Firebringer. Stripped of his everyday life, he is cast into a distant wave-swept kingdom where a strange race captures him and treats him with awe, though against his will. There he witnesses fire’s magic for the first time and learns how to create it himself. The challenge lies in escaping and returning to the unicorns in time to save them.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Meredith Ann Pierce
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