An Ember in the Ashes
by Sabaa Tahir
Book Overview
Within the Martial Empire’s grip, Laia, a Scholar forced into slavery at Blackcliff, risks her life to spy on the merciless Commandant and bargain for her imprisoned brother. In the same citadel, Elias Veturius, the academy’s finest, loathes the cruelty he upholds and plots his escape—until he is thrust into the lethal Trials for the imperial throne, set against friends and rivals. Their missions collide, and together they face a knife-edge choice: free a brother, defy an empire, and survive each other.
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