The Jewel and Her Lapidary
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2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best Novelette
From Fran Wilde, the Andre Norton and Compton Crook Award-winning author of Updraft.
The kingdom in the Valley has long sheltered under the protection of its Jewels and Lapidaries, the people bound to singing gemstones with the power to reshape hills, move rivers, and warp minds. That power has kept the peace and tranquility, and the kingdom has flourished.
Jewel Lin and her Lapidary Sima may be the last to enjoy that peace.
The Jeweled Court has been betrayed. As screaming raiders sweep down from the mountains, and Lapidary servants shatter under the pressure, the last princess of the Valley will have to summon up a strength she’s never known. If she can assume her royal dignity, and if Sima can master the most dangerous gemstone in the land, they may be able to survive.
“The central fantastical idea is pretty cool… nicely written… I suspect the world it’s set in might yield more fine stories.” – Locus
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Fran Wilde
Fran Wilde’s books include her Nebula and Compton Crook award–winning debut Updraft and the Nebula award–winning, Best of NPR selection Riverland. Her fiction has appeared in numerous publications and “best of” anthologies. She teaches at colleges and MFA programs nationwide; edits fiction for the Sunday Morning Transport; writes nonfiction for publications including the Washington Post, the New York Times, and NPR.org; and hoards both fountain pens and ink. You can find her at Franwilde.net.
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