Battle Magic, Tamora Pierce
Battle Magic, Tamora Pierce
4 Rating(s)
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Battle Magic

Author: Tamora Pierce

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Unabridged: 14 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2013


Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Tamora Pierce returns to the magical world of Winding Circle.On their way to the first Circle temple in Gyongxi, mages Briar, Rosethorn, and Evvy pay a visit to the emperor's summer palace. Although treated like royalty when they first arrive, the mages soon discover that the emperor plans to invade Gyongxi, posing a fatal threat to the home temple of the Living Circle religion. Accompanied by one of the emperor's prize captives, the three mages rush to Gyongxi to warn its citizens of the impending attack. With the imperials hot on their trail, Briar, Rosethorn, and Evvy must quickly help the country prepare for battle. But even with the help of new allies, will their combined forces be enough to fight the imperial army and win the war?

Reviews

See more reviews on my blog. Maybe I should have rated this one three or three and a half stars, I don’t know. I’ve been waiting eight years for this book. Eight years. I’ve had a lot of time to build up anticipation and expectations and preemptive FEELZ, so it’s a little hard for me to separate out......more

Goodreads review by Kate

Unfortunately, the more Tamora Pierce writes books in the Circle of Magic world, the more they become simple, "No one understands how powerful ambient magic is and we can never be defeated, so let's just write an entire novel describing the ways this power can defeat other mages." At the expense of......more


Quotes

Praise for MELTING STONES



"This suspenseful tale is lit up with magic." --KIRKUS REVIEWS

"Pierce's accessible characters, vivid writing, and appealing emotional themes make this a winner." --THE HORN BOOK



Praise for THE WILL OF THE EMPRESS



"A stand-alone tour de force." --BOOKLIST, starred review