{"id":5432,"date":"2018-05-24T08:58:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T12:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2018-05-24T08:58:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T12:58:38","slug":"unicorn-precinct-by-keith-r-a-decandido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/book-review\/fantasy\/unicorn-precinct-by-keith-r-a-decandido\/","title":{"rendered":"Unicorn Precinct, by Keith R.A. DeCandido"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5433 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Unicorn-Precinct-by-Keith-R.A.-DeCandido-167x250.jpg\" alt=\"Unicorn Precinct, by Keith R.A. DeCandido book cover\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Unicorn-Precinct-by-Keith-R.A.-DeCandido-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Unicorn-Precinct-by-Keith-R.A.-DeCandido.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/>Genre: Fantasy<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong> Publisher: eSpec Books<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published: 2018 (2004)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewer Rating:\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-274\" src=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/fourstars.gif\" alt=\"four stars\" width=\"45\" height=\"13\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Book Review by David L. Felts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you read this book?<br \/>\n<span id=\"post-ratings-5432\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"5ad0ba91fc\"><img id=\"rating_5432_1\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(5432, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4.5, 5, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_5432_2\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(5432, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4.5, 5, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_5432_3\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(5432, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4.5, 5, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_5432_4\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(5432, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4.5, 5, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_5432_5\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_half.gif\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(5432, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4.5, 5, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/>  (<strong>2<\/strong> votes, average: <strong>4.50<\/strong> out of 5)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_5432_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-5432-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fresh off my read of <a href=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/book-review\/fantasy\/dragon-precinct-by-keith-r-a-decandido\/\">Dragon Precinct<\/a> and eager for more Danthres\u00a0and Torin adventures, I cracked open Unicorn Precinct. Like its predecessor, Unicorn Precinct was previously published and has now been re-released by eSpec Books.<\/p>\n<p>All the familiar and fun elements of the previous book are there. There&#8217;s the humor and banter between Danthres and Torin, Osric sharpening his dagger, Lords being snotty and murders to solve.<\/p>\n<p>Unicorn Precinct is the high-class part of the port city of Cliff\u2019s End, where the wealthy Lords and ladies live with their butlers, dress maids, and other servants.\u00a0When the betrothed daughter of a rich Lords turns up dead, Danthres and Torin are tapped for the case. It&#8217;s high visibility and high stakes. After all, rich lives are more important that poor ones. Lord Albin and Lady Meerka, the rulers of Cliff\u2019s End, want this one solved quickly. Can&#8217;t have the rabble think killing a noble is allowed.<\/p>\n<p>As with Dragon Precinct, <a href=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/tag\/keith-r-a-decandido\/\">DeCandido<\/a> throws in a few unrelated side stories and characters&#8211;other detective members of the City Guard working ancillary cases. While not exactly related to the main mystery, these other characters and adventures serve to flesh out the world DeCandido has created and are fun as well.<\/p>\n<p>DeCandido also gives us quite a bit more about Torin&#8217;s history, including a run in with someone from his past. This upsetting incident also gives us a chance to see a softer side usually intolerant and impatient Danthres. There&#8217;s also a bonus story at the end relating the tale of how Torin ban Wyvald became a lieutenant detective in the castle guard.<\/p>\n<p>Unicorn Precinct was enjoyable, and, except for some slight profanity (a few F- and S- words), suitable for younger fantasy fans. Reading the two books right after the other felt more like reading one longer work.\u00a0Too bad I didn&#8217;t have a copy of Goblin Precinct in my stack&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genre: Fantasy Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2018 (2004) Reviewer Rating:\u00a0 Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Fresh off my read of Dragon Precinct and eager for more Danthres\u00a0and Torin adventures, I cracked open Unicorn Precinct. Like its predecessor, Unicorn Precinct was previously published and has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[71,9,771,809,837],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5434,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5432\/revisions\/5434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}