Cold Fire (Tamora Pierce novel)
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 Cover featuring Daja ice-skating in Kugisko. |
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| Author | Tamora Pierce |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Circle Opens |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Scholastic Press |
| Released | April 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 384 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-590-39655-2 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-590-39656-0 (paperback edition) |
| Preceded by | Street Magic |
| Followed by | Shatterglass |
Cold Fire is the third book in the series The Circle Opens by author Tamora Pierce. It deals with the continuing adventures of child mage Daja Kisubo and her teacher, the dedicate initiate Frostpine.
[edit] Plot introduction
Cold Fire is set in Namorn, a country to the very far North.
[edit] Plot summary
Daja and Frostpine are staying with some friends of Frostpine's. While they are staying there, Daja realized that the two eldest daughters of the family (the twins Nimara (Nia) and Jorality (Jory) possess ambient magic. She devises a testing mirror to determine the aspect of their magics. Nia is discovered to possess Carpentry magic and Jory to possess Cooking.
Since Daja has no skill in either of those areas, she entrusts the twins to local mages. Her only responsibility is in teaching them to meditate. Since the twins are complete opposites in personality, this proves to ba a challenging task.
Meanwhile, Daja makes friends with a local firefighter, Ben Ladradun. He is trying to form an organized fire brigade from the villagers, but it isn't working.
Daja and Ben suspect that many if not all of the recent fires were set on purpose. As Ben searches to discover the fire-bug, Daja works tirelessly to make Ben a pair of living metal gloves.
[edit] Characters
Daja Kisubo- Daja is a metal-mage. She is part of a group of young mages who have become famous over the last four years. Daja has learned to create 'living metal' due to an accident in Daja's Book.
Frostpine- Frostpine is the best metal-mage in the world. As Daja's teacher, he plays a very large role in her education as well as that of the twins.
Nia- Nimara (Nia) is the quieter of the twins. She has carpentry magic. A marriage between her and one of the ship-builder's sons is being talked about.
Jory- Jorality (Jory) is loud and outgoing. Her magic deals with cooking and she can see magic (as can Nia).
