Daja's Book (Circle of Magic, No.3)

Daja's Book (Circle of Magic, No.3)

Tamora Pierce

Language: English

Pages: 240

ISBN: 0590554107

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Part of the 8-book Tamora Pierce reissue for Fall 2006, this title in the Circle of Magic quartet features spellbinding new cover art. Coincides with the release of WILL OF THE EMPRESS in trade pb.

Four elements of power, four mages-in-training learning to control them. In Book 3 of the Circle of Magic Quartet, outcast Trader Daja and her friends journey from Winding Circle to the Gold Ridge Mountains, where drought threatens widespread famine. There, Daja creates an astonishing object: a living metal vine. A caravan of Traders covets the vine, and Daja's dealing with her former people reawaken a longing for familiar ways. Now Daja must choose--should she return to the Traders or remain with the Winding Circle folk who have become her family?

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iron vine-tree, magic shimmering in each strand, branch, and twig. The metal shifted slowly, spreading a touch here and a hint there. Barely moving, breathing softly, Daja examined her creation. She could feel bits of Sandry, Tris, and Briar mixed in with her own power, but only because she knew what to look for. The time when it was easy to tell her magic apart from that of her friends was over. In the weeks since Sandry had spun the four of them into one so they might survive an earthquake,

heard that his grace the duke had come. I could not be laggardly in paying my respects.” He bowed deeply to Vedris. “Your grace honors we northerners by taking so personal an interest in our troubles.” Inoulia smiled. “Your grace, may I present our chief mage, Yarrun Firetamer?” The duke nodded a greeting, and the lady continued, “My dear Yarrun, you have a colleague in my honored father-in-law’s party, Master Nikiaren Goldeye, who has been in residence at Summersea.” Niko got to his feet.

surrounded by forest. Come on, Sandry ordered the mage silently. This isn’t a play on a stage, it’s real people— Yarrun smiled brightly. “Would you like a demonstration of my skills?” he asked Niko. “I’m sure you will find it amusing.” Tris’s magical voice rang as clearly in Sandry’s mind as if the redhead were shouting in her ear. Amusing! He calls a fire amusing! Why not put a torch to his tall and see if he finds that amusing, too! Sandry shook her head, though she couldn’t help but think

at aloe leaves as the boy stirred bubbling seaweed. “It would be kaq’s manners not to share,” Polyam muttered. “Will you join us?” she invited the others. Briar walked over immediately. Little Bear sat up, tail thumping. “This is very kind of you,” Lark said as she and Tris came to sit with them. Sandry joined them once she’d rolled up the loom. “The people bargaining in Deadman’s District never shared,” admitted Briar, his mouth full of pastry. “They’d let us watch, though.” “Let us say I

was bid! The column writhed. It wanted to chew the fuel-covered ground. It did not want to submit. Daja struck hard with her magic, slamming her power down. The column wavered and split at the end like a frayed rope. Here was Sandry, waiting in the core of Daja’s magic. I can do this, she assured Daja. Let me through. With a sigh, Daja turned her loose. Sandry raced in to gather the ends of the frayed column of fire. As swiftly as if she’d handled fire-thread all her life, she began to weave.

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