Shatterglass

Its place in The Circle Opens

Shatterglass is book 4 in the The Circle Opens series. It follows Cold Fire. See the full The Circle Opens reading order.

The Circle Opens picks up a few years after Circle of Magic, sending Sandry, Tris, Daja, and Briar out from Winding Circle to take on their own students and travels, one book per character in a rotating structure similar to the first quartet's but now centered on each of the four as a young teacher rather than a student. Each volume follows one of the four -- Sandry's diplomatic troubleshooting in a city gripped by mob violence, Briar's discovery of a street-magic student whose gift connects to a criminal…