We Are the FireHardcover, 16 February 2021

**As electrifying as it is heartbreaking, Sam Taylor's explosive fantasy debut We Are the Fire is perfect for fans of An Ember in the Ashes and the legend of Spartacus.
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All will burn.

In the cold, treacherous land of Vesimaa, children are stolen from their families by a cruel emperor, forced to undergo a horrific transformative procedure, and serve in the army as magical fire-wielding soldiers. Pran and Oksana--both taken from their homeland at a young age--only have each other to hold onto in this heartless place.

Pran dreams of one day rebelling against their oppressors and destroying the empire; Oksana only dreams of returning home and creating a peaceful life for them both.

When they discover the emperor has a new, more terrible mission than ever for their kind, Pran and Oksana vow to escape his tyranny once and for all. But their methods and ideals differ drastically, driving a wedge between them. Worse still, they both soon find that the only way to defeat the monsters that subjugated them may be to become monsters themselves.

**Praise for We Are the Fire:
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At once brutal and tender, this heart-pounding debut will make you ponder what it means to be monstrous--and what it costs to be human. --Joanna Ruth Meyer, author of Echo North and Into the Heartless Wood

**Set to fill the Ember in the Ashes-shaped void in your heart. --Culturess