****THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ****
One of Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Book two in the New York Times bestselling series*
*A USA Today bestseller
A Wall Street Journal bestseller
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"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.
