The Fire Opal Mechanism
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
The Fire Opal Mechanism is the fast-paced and lively sequel to Fran Wilde's The Jewel and Her Lapidary
Jewels and their lapidaries and have all but passed into myth.
Jorit, broke and branded a thief, just wants to escape the Far Reaches for something better. Ania, a rumpled librarian, is trying to protect her books from the Pressmen, who value knowledge but none of the humanity that generates it.
When they stumble upon a mysterious clock powered by an ancient jewel, they may discover secrets in the past that will change the future forever.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This standalone sequel to 2016's The Jewel and Her Lapidary keenly explores a dark age when nearly all the magic gems in the former Six Kingdoms are gone. The kingdom-conquering Pressmen are seizing countless books to feed a Great Press that steals words. To save both books and themselves, librarian Ania and thief Jorit's unlikely partnership sends them time traveling via the titular mechanism, piecing together the riddle of the Great Press's existence so they can shut it down forever. Wilde's lean storytelling never missteps throughout Ania and Jorit's dangerous chronological jumps, with each era fleshed out despite the sections' frenetic brevity. As in the first book, the traditional ideas of magic gems are skewed in ways that add their own entertainment and tension, to the point where the few surviving stones nearly become characters. Courageous Ania grows into great strength, and Jorit is the standout, transforming from refugee to guardian hero. Readers who loved Jewel will be delighted by this outing.
