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A torch against the night : Ember in the Ashes series, book 2 / Sabaa Tahir.

Tahir, Sabaa. (Author).

Summary:

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO AN EMBER IN THE ASHESA USA TODAY BESTSELLERA WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "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 reviewSet 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. From the Hardcover edition.

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  • ISBN: 9781101998892 (electronic bk)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource

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Target Audience Note:
Text Difficulty 3
670 Lexile.
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. New York : Razorbill, 2016.
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Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3771 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).
Genre: Young Adult Fiction.
Fantasy Fiction.
Love stories.
Electronic books.


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