In this Victorian England, fossils can be used to work magic, and women are barred from the society that practices it. Jennifer Mandula's debut puts a newly hatched pterodactyl in Mary Anning's hands.
Readical Key Points
Book 1 of The Geomagician Duology and the author's debut novel
Historical fantasy built around the real fossil hunter Mary Anning
Reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal and Shelf Awareness
Hardcover, 464 pages
Mary hopes to become a geomagician, but the Geomagical Society of London will not admit women, so she sells her finds to tourists. When an ancient egg cracks open in her palms, the baby pterodactyl she names Ajax could make her career. The Society demands the creature and sends as its emissary her former fiancé, Henry Stanton, a respected scholar who once broke her heart. As the Society's secrets surface, Mary has to weigh ambition against conscience.
The New York Times Book Review compares its handling of faith and science to Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. It suits readers of historical fantasy, romance with a former fiancé and stories of women shut out of science. The Society keeps its doors closed to Mary, and Ajax gives her every reason to knock anyway.
About the Author
Jennifer Mandula came across Mary Anning's story while earning a master's in education at the University of Oxford. The Geomagician is her debut novel.
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