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The Fire Opal

Catherine Asaro (2007)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesAronsdale / The Lost Continent #4
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.87

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Protagonist archetypes

Chosen OneTime-Displaced

Synopsis

While invading English soldiers do battle in sixteenth-century Ireland, Maeve grows up with a mystical connection to a queen who, centuries before, faced enemies of her own, and uses her special gifts to try to save her mother whose spirit has left her.

Tags

Historical FantasyIrish MythologyDual TimelineMagical Realism