The Fire Opal Mechanism

Fran Wilde

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ISBN: 9781250196538

ASIN: B07MBH96L7

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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.

Reviews

Praise for the Gem Universe series:

“[A] sharp, glittering novella about friendship, family, loyalty, and mental instability.” —Locus, on The Jewel and Her Lapidary

”A splendid tale of courage and transformation in a world as exquisite as Wilde’s prose. You will be utterly entranced.” —Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award winner, on The Jewel and Her Lapidary

“Readers who loved Jewel will be delighted by this outing.” —Publishers Weekly

Additional Praise for Fran Wilde

“Extraordinary world-building and cascading levels of intrigue make Wilde’s debut fantasy novel soar.” —Publishers Weekly on Updraft

About the Author

Two-time Nebula Award-winner Fran Wilde’s novels and short stories have been finalists for six Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo Awards, three Locus Awards, and a Lodestar. They include her Nebula- and Compton Crook Award-winning debut novel Updraft, and her Nebula award-winning, Best of NPR 2019, debut Middle Grade novel Riverland. Her short stories appear in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, Nature, Uncanny Magazine, and multiple years' best anthologies.

Fran teaches for the Genre Fiction MFA concentration at Western Colorado University and the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She also writes nonfiction for publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Tor.com. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and at franwilde.net.

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