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The Fire Opal Mechanism

By Fran Wilde
The Fire Opal Mechanism by Fran Wilde digital book - Fable

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.

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9 Reviews

2.5
“Maybe 3.25? 3.5? This one was MUCH better than the first installment, and though the... mechanic used in this is not my favorite in fantasy it was handled fairly well. I just wish we had had more fantastical elements? The story felt weighted to inner monologue and events. Something just didn't feel balanced right.”
“Rep: sapphic mcs”
“I had absolutely despised the first book, but decided to pick this one up anyway, and actually ended up enjoying it. It wasn’t perfect and a lot of my problems from the first book I still found to be an issue here (mainly the utter lack of characters I could actually care about), but the story and overall narrative structure made for a much better experience. As other people have said, this was a Gemworld take on Fahrenheit 451 that brought up a lot of questions on barriers to information, with one hand being total authoritarian control, and the other being controlled by money and education, which I thought was especially poignant given the cost of education today. The story was fun and I thought the transcripts broke it up nicely. This wasn’t exactly a new favorite, but I’m glad I picked it up anyway.”

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