An Ember in the Ashes
core novel 2015 An Ember in the Ashes
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.23 (360,245 ratings, collected 2026-08-20) |
| Page count | 446 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781595148049 |
Synopsis
Set in a fantasy world modeled on ancient Rome, the opening novel of this series depicts a Martial Empire that rules harshly over the conquered Scholar people. Laia, a Scholar girl living quietly with her family and grandparents, sees her life shattered when Empire soldiers raid her home and arrest her brother Darin for suspected rebellion. To win his freedom, she agrees to infiltrate the Empire's elite military academy, Blackcliff, as a spy for the underground Scholar Resistance, gathering intelligence in exchange for help freeing Darin. Inside the academy she crosses paths with Elias Veturius, one of its most talented students, who secretly longs to escape the brutal military life he has been trained since childhood to uphold, and whose path becomes entwined with Laia's mission and its risks.
Where it sits
- Universe: An Ember in the Ashes
- Series: An Ember in the Ashes core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sabaa Tahir
Notes
- From the series record (An Ember in the Ashes): The four-book main quartet set in the Martial Empire, following Laia and Elias/Elias's successor Helene across the whole arc; the primary reading unit and the work this universe is admitted for.
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 An Ember in the Ashes: position 1 of 4: next A Torch Against the Night (2016)
Sources
- Sabaa Tahir - Wikipedia
- Publisher/retailer product listings for An Ember in the Ashes series
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ember_in_the_Ashes
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