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Author: Tamora Pierce
ETA: September 24th, 2013
Summary from Goodreads: 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?
Why I’m Waiting: I heard a couple of excerpts from this book when I was at the Alpha Workshop for Young Writers, and they seemed pretty cool, but what really, really intrigues me about this book is that if you’ve read her other stuff, you already know the aftermath: at least one of the main characters has pretty awful PTSD from these events. I’m very curious to see what Tammy does with this, because I feel like the psychological impact of war isn’t addressed nearly enough in fantasy, and also because I REALLY want to know what happened.