{"product_id":"the-jewel-and-her-lapidary-9780765389831","title":"The Jewel and Her Lapidary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best Novelette\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Fran Wilde, the Andre Norton and Compton Crook Award-winning author of \u003c\/i\u003eUpdraft. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJewel Lin and her Lapidary Sima may be the last to enjoy that peace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pretty cool [and] nicely written... I suspect the world it's set in might yield more fine stories.\" - \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRAN WILDE is an author \u0026amp; technology consultant. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eUpdraft\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2015. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAsimov's, Nature, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBeneath Ceaseless Skies. \u003c\/i\u003eWilde also blogs about food and genre at \u003ci\u003eCooking the Books\u003c\/i\u003eand for the popular social-parenting website \u003ci\u003eGeekMom.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Pennsylvania with her family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461034184978,"sku":"9780765389831","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68e6b7ad-96f0-4b5e-9e04-a3ac613ad265.jpg?v=1730053206","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-jewel-and-her-lapidary-9780765389831","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}