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The Fire Rose

by Mercedes Lackey · 1995

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San Francisco, 1905: Rosalind, a medieval scholar, is hired by Jason, a powerful sorcerer. Jason's enemy offers to restore Rosalind's family fortune if she will betray Jason. And then the earthquake strikes. . . .

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Setting
VictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thisSan FranciscoSan FranciscoMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
long · 433 pages

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