King John's realm has existed peacefully for generations, but now the kingdom is disintegrating. The malign rotten blackness of the Darkwood is encroaching; demons are massing, hunting in packs. King John is out of money, out of men, out of hope. Prince Rupert, the younger son - not so much expendable as surplus to requirements - had been sent out on a Quest. When he returns, much to everyone's surprise, he has not just the princess but the dragon too ...A second son, a tired dragon, a unicorn without a horn and a princess with a wicked left hook: an unlikely company to face a Demon Prince - but face him they must, when the Blue Moon rises ...
- ISBN10 0575051361
- ISBN13 9780575051362
- Publish Date 12 September 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 October 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Gollancz
- Format Paperback
- Pages 480
- Language English