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Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce, is a 1999 fantasy novel set in the fictional duchy of Emelan. [1] It is the fourth and final book in the Circle of Magic quartet, starring the four young mages Sandry, Tris, Daja and Briar as they learn to handle powerful magic, form intense bonds of friendship and stand up against destructive forces of nature.
Daja's Book [7] (1998, also published as The Fire in the Forging). On a trip to the north, Daja meets her past: members of the very culture that banished her. A foolish mage fails to stop a forest fire, and it is up to Daja to save the clan that turned her away. Briar's Book [8] (1999, also published as The Healing in the Vine). A terrible ...
In Chammur, Briar finds a street girl with stone magic. But in a land of gangs, no mage is safe. Evvy is tracked down by a dangerous gang called the Vipers, who are dominated by a takameri, Lady Zenadia, and Briar must balance his new respectable life with his old street life while stopping the gangs and Lady Zenadia.
Briar's Book, UK title The Healing in the Vine (1999) Compilations. Water & Fire (2001): Circle of Magic # 1-2, and short story Elder Brother (Tortall) Air & Earth (2003): Circle of Magic # 3-4; The Omnibus edition is Circle of Magic Quartet; Chapters from Sandry's Book are also found in Tamora Pierce: Enter the Circle, a Scholastic books ...
The two are still in Diana's temple when Tarquin attacks their bookstore, looking for the Sibylline Books. After the battle, Tyson and Ella rename the bookstore Cyclops Books and provide Apollo and Meg with the first part of a new prophecy that directs them to return to New York City to face Nero. In the films, he is portrayed by Douglas Smith.
The book was first published in 2000, one year after Briar's Book concluded the original Circle of Magic quartet in 1999. A review by Janice M. Del Negro for the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books says the book "serves more as set-up than as a well-developed story of its own" and "The characterizations are less richly layered, relying on the previous series to fill in the blanks".
As the book begins and progresses, Tris hears voices on the wind telling her seemingly useless bits of information. In an effort to cool herself off in the summer's cruel heat, she and her three "mates"—Sandry, Daja, and Briar—head up to the wall that encloses Winding Circle.
Briar Moss – young thief with plant magic; Daja Kisubo – young Trader girl with smith magic; Niko – powerful seer mage who finds the four and is Tris's main teacher. Dedicate Lark – kind weaver mage at Discipline Cottage who is Sandry's main teacher; Dedicate Rosethorn – sharp plant mage at Discipline who is Briar's main teacher