Title: The Fire Rose
Description: Lackey's story of a young turn of the century female who is brought to the wilds of San Francisco to read books for a reclusive alchemist recreates the fable of the monster who wins the heart of a young woman yet forbids her to view him. For the monster here is a magician caught in a werewolf spell, and the young girl is a destitute young woman with no other choices. A retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
Subjects: Elemental Masters, Alchemists, Werewolves, Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, fantasy, general, California, fiction, San francisco (calif.), fiction
Places: San Francisco (Calif.)