EAN: 9781101998878

TAHIR SABAA AN EMBER IN THE ASHES 02 A TORCH AG...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  Book two in the New York Times bestselling series A USA Today
bestseller A Wall Street Journal bestseller  "Spectacular."-Entertainment Weekly  "Fresh and
exciting...Tahir has shown a remarkable talent for penning complex villains."-A.V. Club  "Even
higher stakes than its predecessor… thrilling." -Publishers Weekly  starred review  "[An]
action-packed  breathlessly paced story." -Booklist  starred review Set in a rich  high-fantasy
world inspired by ancient Rome  Sabaa Tahir's AN EMBER IN THE ASHES told the story of Laia  a
slave fighting for her family  and Elias  a young soldier fighting for his freedom.    Now  in
A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT  Elias and Laia are running for their lives.  After the events of the
Fourth Trial  Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and
undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.    Laia is determined to break
into Kauf-the Empire's most secure and dangerous prison-to save her brother  who is the key to
the Scholars' survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed  even if it means giving
up his last chance at freedom.    But dark forces  human and otherworldly  work against Laia
and Elias. The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the
bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus  the merciless Commandant  the sadistic Warden of Kauf  and  most
heartbreaking of all  Helene-Elias's former friend and the Empire's newest Blood Shrike.  
Bound to Marcus's will  Helene faces a torturous mission of her own-one that might destroy her:
find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape...and kill them
both.

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