The Fire Opal
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Deep in the sun-drenched desert, priestess Ginger-Sun carries thepower of shape mages. And whispers abound: Is she descendedfrom the beloved Sunset Goddess, or are her nighttime ritualsfilled with wickedness? Ginger herself is uncertain,until a stranger is left for dead at her feet.
Thence her magic begins to burn.
Fate makes Ginger the stranger's wife and therefore a target forthose who would murder this man to crown another—and forceher magic into twisted ferocity. For unless Ginger masters her darkpowers, violence will rein in Taka Mal—and in her soul.
Catherine Asaro
Catherine Asaro is the author of thirty books, ranging from thrillers to science fiction and fantasy. Her novel The Quantum Rose and novella The Spacetime Pool both won the Nebula Award, and she has been nominated for multiple Hugo Awards. Asaro holds a doctorate in chemical physics from Harvard; her research specializes in applying the mathematical methods of physics to problems in quantum physics and chemistry. Asaro has appeared as a speaker at many institutions, including the Library of Congress, Georgetown’s Communication, Culture, and Technology program, the New Zealand National ConText Writer's program, the Global Competitiveness Forum in Saudi Arabia, and the US Naval Academy. She has been the guest of honor at science fiction conventions across the United States and abroad, including the National Science Fiction Conventions of both Denmark and New Zealand, and served as president for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She can be reached at www.catherineasaro.net and has a Patreon page at www.patreon.com/CatherineAsaro.
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