Ariel/book Of Change

Ariel by Steven Boyett

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Sometime in the past - before 9/11/01 - the world changed. Magic appeared in the world; guns and internal combustion engines stopped working.

Life in the post-Change world is nasty, brutal and short. Pete has been wandering since the world changed. The one thing that made life livable for him was meeting Ariel, a unicorn. Ariel and Pete become “familiars” with a bond and loyalty to each other. However, because Ariel is a unicorn, Pete has to remain a virgin, which periodically causes tension.

In their wandering, we see what life in the post-Change world is like. Society is starting to feudalize. Unicorn horns are a source of magic. A necromancer is beginning to create a power base in New York, and Ariel and Pete are right in the center of an assault on the Empire State Building.

This is a fun well-written book. It is more amazing for the fact that it was written by Steven R. Boyett when he was twenty. The book includes an epilogue where Boyett talks about how the story came to be written, which is enjoyable by itself.