Welcome to the mini tour for fantasy novel, Unicorn Farmhand by Samuel Yaw Jian Fong. Read on for more details!
Unicorn Farmhand
Publication Date: December 2019
Genre: Fantasy
Every horse has a talent or two. Some can sit, some can jump over obstacles, and some can select a button for a treat. For one particular draft horse, Dok Saau, his talent is in writing. He does not just scribble letters in the ground as a trick, but he also uses his talent to express his own thoughts to his bemused owners.
Surprised by his strange talent, his owner Chang Gao brings him to the Horse Fair, where he beats the other horses by writing proper answers to several questions. After a DNA scan, he is revealed to be a unicorn: even though he was supposed to be released into the wild, the authorities let Chang Gao keep him so that he might become a local attraction.
Yet even as he tries to adjust to his new life as an animal celebrity, every now and then he faces recurring nightmares from his troubled past. As he seeks Chang Gao’s help, will he be there to help him defeat his fears? Or would they instead attract something much worse: something that could threaten his comforts or even his own life?
Rating & Review
5 out of 5
This was such a sweet story. Friendship, uniqueness, and overcoming the past and present adversities. Having read Charlotte’s Web as a kid, the premise of this story intrigued me, and I quickly got drawn into Dok Sau and Chang Gao’s story. There’s a little magic woven into a world that seems quite real, and I liked how Dok Sau was more human than horse/unicorn in many ways. I thought his character was just as well-developed if not more so as Chang Gao. A unique story that those who have enjoyed Babe and Charlotte’s Web will certainly love.
About the Author
Samuel Yaw Jian Fong is an amateur author and artist from Seremban, Malaysia. Due to a lot of time spent on the Internet, he enjoys making his own fictional worlds inhabited by dozens of quirky characters Would you like to check them out?
For more information about his works, check out the Rabydosverse Wikia and HorsesPlease’s DeviantArt page.
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