âTahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasyâ âUs Weekly
Read the explosive bestselling debut thatâs captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture, is the book everyone is talking about.New York TimesAn Ember in the Ashes
What if you were the spark that could ignite a revolution?
For years Laia has lived in fear. Fear of the Empire, fear of the Martials, fear of truly living at all. Born as a Scholar, sheâs never had much of a choice.
For Elias itâs the opposite. He has seen too much on his path to becoming a Mask, one of the Empireâs elite soldiers. With the Masksâ help the Empire has conquered a continent and enslaved thousands of Scholars, all in the name of power.
When Laiaâs brother is taken she must force herself to help the Resistance, the only people who have a chance of saving him. She must spy on the Commandant, ruthless overseer of Blackcliff Academy. Blackcliff is the training ground for Masks and the very place that Elias is planning to escape. If he succeeds, he will be named deserter. If found, the punishment will be death.
But once Laia and Elias meet, they find that their destinies are intertwined and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire.
In the ashes of a broken world one person can make a difference. One voice in the dark can be heard. The price of freedom is always high and this time that price might demand everything, even life itself.
