Cold Fire
core novel 2002 Circle of Magic (Emelan)
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (22,880 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 355 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780590396554 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
In the third book of the Circle Opens series, Daja Kisubo travels to frozen Namorn, where she takes on twin students with magical gifts tied to household work, testing her patience and her ability to teach two very different personalities at once. Her stay is disrupted by a string of mysterious, deliberately set fires threatening the city, and Daja is drawn into investigating an arsonist whose attacks grow increasingly dangerous. As the fires continue, Daja discovers her own unexpected connection to the unfolding crisis, forcing her to confront the limits of her skill as a teacher while also working to stop the person responsible before more of the city burns.
Where it sits
- Universe: Circle of Magic (Emelan)
- Series: The Circle Opens core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tamora Pierce
Notes
- From the series record (The Circle Opens): Second Emelan quartet, set 4 years after The Circle of Magic; each volume follows one of the same four protagonists as a teacher.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Circle Opens: position 3 of 4: previous Street Magic (2001) · next Shatterglass (2003)
- Internal chronology, within Circle of Magic (Emelan): position 7 of 11: previous Street Magic (2001) · next Shatterglass (2003)
Sources
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