A Light in the Flame
core novel 2022 Blood and Ash
Record
| First published | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.48 (180,259 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 656 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781957568041 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
A Light in the Flame picks up the Flesh and Fire duology after the truth of Seraphena Mierel's original mission has come to light, leaving her surrounded by a court that no longer trusts her and a Primal she was sent to deceive. With her former assassin's purpose exposed and her sense of belonging in the Shadowlands badly shaken, Sera clings to what duty remains to her, choosing to work alongside Nyktos, the Primal of Death, rather than retreat from the danger she helped create. Their uneasy partnership becomes an effort to confront a tyrannical false King of the Gods whose rule threatens both mortal and primal realms, forcing Sera to decide what she is willing to risk, and whom she is willing to trust, now that her secrets are no longer hers to keep.
Where it sits
- Universe: Blood and Ash
- Series: Flesh and Fire core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Notes
- From the series record (Flesh and Fire): A prequel series set generations before the main arc, following Seraphena, a maiden destined to seduce and destroy the Primal of Death; still being published as of 2026, with further volumes expected to connect the two series' timelines.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Flesh and Fire: position 2 of 5: previous A Shadow in the Ember (2021) · next A Fire in the Flesh (2023)
- Internal chronology, within Blood and Ash: position 4 of 9: previous A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (2020) · next The Crown of Gilded Bones (2021)
Sources
- Reader rating platform
- Blood and Ash Wiki
- https://jenniferlarmentrout.com/books/a-light-in-the-flame/
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