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A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT - SABAA TAHIR GEBUNDEN

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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