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The Circle Opens Series

This series follows young mages as they learn to harness their unique abilities in a world brimming with magic. Each installment presents new challenges, ethical dilemmas, and profound friendships. Readers are immersed in a realm of fantasy where courage and kindness are as vital as the magic itself. It's a captivating narrative about growing up, self-discovery, and battling the forces of darkness.

Shatterglass
The Circle Opens - 3: Cold Fire
The Circle Opens - 2: Street Magic
The Circle Opens 1. Magic Steps

Recommended Reading Order

  1. The Circle Opens 1. Magic Steps

    • 264 pages
    • 10 hours of reading

    Lady Sandrilene fa Toren knows all about unusual magic - she herself spins and weaves it like thread. But when she witnessed a boy dancing a spell, even she is confounded. To her dismay, Sandry learns that as the mage who discovered the power of the young dancer, she must be his teacher. Before lessons can begin, however, Sandry and her uncle, Duke Vedris, get news of a mysterious murderer stalking a clan of local merchants. The killer employs the strangest magic of all: the ability to reduce essence to nothingness. As the murders mount and the killer grows bolder, Sandry's teaching takes on a grave purpose. For it becomes clear to everyone that the killings can only be stopped by the combined workings of two people: the young teacher and her even younger student.

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  2. The Circle Opens - 2: Street Magic

    • 296 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    Briar is a plant mage - he can distil medicines, grow a garden in the blink of an eye and persuade a tree to trap a criminal. Learning how to channel your power is vital. Briar's empathy with nature can heal - but it could kill just as easily. Evvy is a street rat. She doesn't even know she has stone magic, let alone how to control it - and she doesn't want to learn anything. Why should she care if people get hurt? None of them has ever cared about her...

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  3. The Circle Opens - 3: Cold Fire

    • 355 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    Daja is a metal mage - iron speaks to her senses and fire is her friend. She is incredibly powerful - more powerful than a student should be, some think. Staying the winter in snow-locked Namorn, Daja is determined to enjoy herself, and her host's twin daughters are good company. But there's more to the pretty pair than meets the eye - the twins may be destined for more than just the marriage market... It's not only the twins who need Daja's skills - she wants to help Ben Ladradun, the heroic firefigher. Desperate to control the blazes that regularly devastate his wooden city, Ben is fascinated by this girl who can make fire dance between her hands...

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  4. Shatterglass

    • 368 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    Part of the 8-book Tamora Pierce reissue for Fall 2006, this title in the Circle Opens quartet features spellbinding new cover art. Coincides with the release of WILL OF THE EMPRESS in trade pb. Kethlun Warder was a gifted glassmaker until his world was shattered in a freak accident. Now his remaining glass magic is mixed with lightning, and Tris must teach him to control it (if she can teach him to control his temper first). But there's more at stake than Keth's education. With his strange magic, he creates glass balls that reflect the immediate past and expose the work of a murderer. If he can harness his power properly, he'll be able to see the crimes as they take place. Keth and Tris race against time, and the local authorities, to identify a killer who's living in plain sight.

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