Battle Magic

Copyright © 2013 by Tamora Pierce

All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920. SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pierce, Tamora, author.

Battle magic / Tamora Pierce. — First edition.

pages cm

Summary: When messengers arrive in Gyongxe “inviting” Dedicate Initiate Rosethorn and her two young companion mages, Evumeimei and Briar, to court to celebrate the birthday of the Emperor of Yanjing, Rosethorn is eager to go, but Briar suspects that there is an ulterior motive behind the invitation.

ISBN 978-0-439-84297-6 (jacketed hc)

1. Magic — Juvenile fiction. 2. Wizards — Juvenile fiction.

[1. Magic — Fiction. 2. Wizards — Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.P

813.54 — dc23

2013013175

First edition, October 2013

Cover design and art by Christopher Stengel

e-ISBN 978-0-545-52035-5

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.