The Enchanted Path (The Dreamfarers' Tales, #1)

Jaime Ricciardi

Unicorn foals are extremely precocious, and despite his meek and obedient nature, Dianthus' first months of life will be something like any other creature wouldn't dare to dream.
Between putting up with the antics of his best friend, the exuberant pegasus filly Cassiopea, aka Cassidy, and the unfathomable hostilities of Birch, the red deer fawn, Dianthus' days would be far from boring as they are, but it seems like fate has other plans. From the first face-to-face with a grumpy manticore living on the outskirts of the forest to the meeting with a lovable old she-griffin unable to fly, Dianthus will slowly come to realize that his home and everyone in it conceals mystery after mystery in plain sunlight, starting from his parents, Chrysantos and Thalia, the only other unicorns in the forest.
But Dianthus would've gladly let it all slide if it weren't for a Will-o'-Wisp keen on visiting his dreams and a voice urging him to enter a forbidden cave....
Standing on the ever blurring line between dream and wake, Dianthus will soon come to realize how fragile the illusion of perfection cast around him really is, to the day it ultimately shatters, and he'll be forced to set on a perilous journey chasing after locked memories and wishful reveries in search of a way to dispel the shadow looming over his family.