Shatterglass
core novel 2003 Circle of Magic (Emelan)
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.22 (23,907 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 357 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780590396837 |
| Internal chronology | 8 |
Synopsis
In the fourth book of the Circle Opens series, Tris travels to the distant city of Tharios, where local custom religiously forbids the kind of magical tracking she is skilled at. There she meets Kethlun, a stubborn glassmaker with a raw, unusual gift for lightning-infused glass magic that he has not been trained to control. When a wave of murders begins targeting Kethlun's friends and threatens the glassmaking trade itself, Tris and Kethlun are forced to set aside their mutual wariness and work together despite the restrictions on the very abilities they need to investigate. The book follows their uneasy partnership as they try to identify who is behind the killings while navigating a city with its own strict rules about magic.
Where it sits
- Universe: Circle of Magic (Emelan)
- Series: The Circle Opens core; position 4 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 4 of 4: previous Cold Fire (2002)
- Internal chronology, within Circle of Magic (Emelan): position 8 of 11: previous Cold Fire (2002) · next The Will of the Empress (2005)
Sources
← Circle of Magic (Emelan) dossier · All universes
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