The Will of the Empress
core novel 2005 Circle of Magic (Emelan)
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.21 (22,272 ratings, collected 2026-08-07) |
| Page count | 550 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780439441711 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Circle of Magic (Emelan)
- Series: The Circle Reforged core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tamora Pierce
Notes
- From the series record (The Circle Reforged): Open sequence -- a 4th book (following Trisana Chandler at Lightsbridge under an assumed name) is pending per the author's own series page, with no title or date announced as of 2026-08-07; isn't counted here yet.
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 Reforged: position 1 of 3: next Melting Stones (2007)
- Internal chronology, within Circle of Magic (Emelan): position 9 of 11: previous Shatterglass (2003) · next Melting Stones (2007)
Sources
← Circle of Magic (Emelan) dossier · All universes
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