From Library Journal
When Bo Gavin returns to his cousin Libby's Colorado ranch to die, he joins a self-exiled Ute Indian and his estranged daughter in a desperate quest to save a herd of dying unicorns, visitors from another, magical world. Bishop's ( The Secret Ascension ) gift for thought-provoking speculative fiction infuses this quasi-fantasy with a serious focus. Recommended. JC
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From the Inside Flap
Bishop's characters and situations are completely real, gritty as unpaid bills and unmet human obligations--while also shimmering with the mystery behind the grit, the unseen behind the seen. This is a breathtaking book. --Nancy Kress
A courageous book. Bishop is at the top of his form. --Greg Bear
In UNICORN MOUNTAIN, Michael Bishop dresses the everyday world in a sense of wonder, and he makes the miraculous as real as Marlin Perkins narrating a WILD KINGDOM segment about a unicorn roundup. Nobody is better than Bishop at mixing the grittily real and the utterly fantastic. --George Alec Effinger
UNICORN MOUNTAIN is a fantasy for adults, full of the dangerous stuff of life, death, and love. Bishop writes with toughness and compassion and, most miraculous of all, great joy. --Michael Swanwick
