Blue Fire

Blue Fire by Katherine Prairie Alex Graham Novel #2 Tanzanite – a rare gem found only in – Tanzania – or is it? What will people do to keep secret a new deposit of a rare gem? What will others do to uncover it and the ruthless people running the mine that is being kept a secret? Alex and an old friend......more

Not that I have jewels dripping off of me but, if I did, I’d have colorful gems because I find most diamonds and the like pretty boring. I used to wear a lot of rings and had some that were really beautiful—garnets, emeralds, sapphires, amethysts, aquamarine, topaz, etc.—and, yes, tanzanite. When I......more

Even though it is a much different story, I couldn’t help but think of “Romancing the Stone” as I read Blue Fire. Maybe because both stories have strong women lead characters, not to mention the races against time across dangerous territories to save themselves and others. The secondary characters in......more

Blue Fire by Katherine Prairie, follows Alex Graham a geologist who has been brought Brazil by stories of an obscure mine that is rumored to turn out Tanzanite. Given Tanzanite’s rarity and the fact that is known to only occur in limited supply in Tanzania, this assertion peaks Alex’s interest. With......more

Mining geologist Alex Graham and her miner friend Mosi Ongeti are sent on a secret mission by Alex's geologist father Brian. Tanzanite is a rare blue gem that is supposedly only found in Tanzania. But there are indications that a Brazilian mine owned by Tabitha Metals may be secretly mining this gem......more