The Unlikely Ones is a fantasy novel by British writer Mary Brown published in 1986.
Plot summary The Unlikely Ones is a novel in which 7 "unlikely" heroes go on an epic quest that they believe is only to help relieve them of the curses that a local Witch afflicted on them individually. However, as the tale progresses, they come to find out that it is more of a self-discovery quest.
Reception David Langford reviewed The Unlikely Ones for White Dwarf #78, and stated that "the book has modest charm and a fresh style, but everything glides along with the happy predictability of a Mills & Boon romance. I'd rate it higher if only there were a few genuine surprises".
Reviews Review by Pauline Morgan (1986) in Fantasy Review, June 1986https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?13481 Review by Mary Frances Zambreno (1986) in American Fantasy, Fall 1986 Review by Glenn Reed (1987) in Fantasy Review, January-February 1987 Review by Faren Miller (1987) in Locus, #312 January 1987 Review by David V. Barrett (1987) in Vector 136 Review by Baird Searles (1987) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1987 Review by Don D'Ammassa (1988) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #102 March 1988
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