A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2)
Sabaa Tahir
4.25 · 45 ratings · Published: 30 Aug 2016
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.
- fantasy 4
- romance 4
- high fantasy 3
- magic 3
- dystopia 3
- action / adventure 3
- love triangle 2
- paranormal 2
- supernatural 2
- enemies to lovers 2
- war/big battles 2
- epic 2
- folktales & legends 2
- dark 2
- protagonists of colour 1
- multiple pov 1
- historical fiction 1
- friendship 1
- ghosts 1
- mystery 1
- military, war & conflict 1
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- young adult 3
- audiobook 3
- middle grade 2
- book 1
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