Rampant (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Astrid Llewelyn: Main character of the story. She's a descendant from one of the most important unicorn's hunters families.
• Philippa Llewelyn: Astrid's cousin. Popular and a big volleyball star. Descendant from the best unicorn hunter family.
• Giovanni: With an italian mother and an italian name that means John, he's an american boy who's in italy in a language program.
• Seth Gavriel: Giovanni's friend. He's doing the language program as well.
• Lilith Llewelyn: Astrid's Mother. Obsessed with Unicorns and her family leneage.
• Bucephalus: The first unicorn that Alexander the Great domesticated, a Karkadann.
• Marten Jaeger: Scientist interested in unicorns. He sponsors the Hunters.
• Cornelius Bartoli: Neil for short. Cory's uncle that runs the convent. He's Don responsible for taking care and reunite the Order of the Lioness.
• Cornelia Bartoli: Cory for short. Part of one of the unicorn hunters families, she's one of the most interested into extinguish the unicorns.
• Valerija Raz: Unicorn Hunter. Homeless and part of the family known for their skill for tracking unicorns.
• Ursula Holtz: Unicorn Hunter and Melissende's kid sister. Descendant of the Temerins lineage, the most ferocious and bloodthirsty hunters according to the different records.
• Rosamund Belanger: Unicorn Hunter. Budding pianist from Vienna.
• Zelda Deschamps: Unicorn hunter. Parisian model and descendant of the Temerins lineage, the most ferocious and bloodthirsty hunters according to the different records.
• Melissende Holtz: Unicorn Hunter and Ursula's big sister. Descendant of the Temerins lineage, the most ferocious and bloodthirsty hunters according to the different records.
• Ilesha Araki: Unicorn Hunter. She had been keeping a zhi as a pet in her home.
• Grace Bo: Unicorn Hunter and Mika's big sister. From the Singaporean family Bo, they used to be descriminated by being called "Oriental savages".
• Dorcas Bourg: Unicorn Hunter. Belgian by birth and spoiled princess by trade.
• Bonegrinder: Domesticated Zhi unicorn, lives in the convent with the girls.
• Kaitlyn: Astrid's Friend.
• Alexander the Great: He's supossed to have domesticated the biggest kind of unicorn and conquered with it many lands. Also He's supossed to held the DNA being responsible for the different hunter's abilities.
• 19: Descendant from the best unicorn hunter families. Famous for killing the Bucephalus unicorn.
• Brandt Ellison: Astrid's ex boyfriend. Almost killed by a Zhi.
• Lino: Archery bowhunting expert. Trains the girls.
• Mika Bo: Grace's small sister, doesn't share any unicorn hunter family blood.
• Lucia: Convent's cook.

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• “Amazing how being bathed in arterial blood can wash out any lingering romantic disappointments.”

• “I found the hum of his computer rather soothing, but it was the complete lack of unicorn carcasses that really pulled the room together.”

• “"I think it's vital that we do not sleep together. You know, for the safety of the world." His eyes sparkled and there was just a hint of a smile at the corners of his mouth."Okay," I said, and smiled back at him. "But kissing is allowed, right?""Oh, definitely," he said, pulling me close. "After all, the warrior always wins the heart of the fair young...man."”

  Astrid & Giovanni

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• Italy
• Rome
• the Cloisters of Ctesias
• Tuscany
• Trastevere
• New York
• Europe
• Asia

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• Order of the Lioness: Hidden as nuns they were unicorns hunters. They lived in the Cloisters of Ctesias

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Glossary edit see section history

• Alicorn: Unicorns poisonous horn. Hunters are immune to it.
• Zhi: The smaller kind of unicorn. It can be domesticated by the hunters and keep close to them.
• Kirin: Third largest kind of unicorn. Wily creatures, who hunted in herds and had even been known to kill for sport.
• Alim: Kind of unicorn.
• Karkadann: Kind of unicorn.

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Followed by Ascendant.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Diana Peterfreund (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains some violent and sexual but not too explicit material

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Mythology
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Adventure & Thrillers
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance

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