From Blood and Ash
core novel 2020 Blood and Ash
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.21 (902,347 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 622 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781952457463 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
From Blood and Ash opens with Poppy, chosen before birth to serve as the Maiden, a sacred role that has kept her isolated, veiled, and untouched since childhood in preparation for her eventual Ascension. Guarded closely and denied an ordinary life, she has few freedoms and fewer choices of her own. That controlled existence is disrupted when Hawke, a new guard with striking golden eyes, enters her orbit, awakening feelings and questions that complicate her sense of duty and obedience. At the same time, the long-fallen kingdom of Atlantia is stirring again, its intentions toward the Maiden and the kingdom that keeps her turning increasingly violent, so that Poppy's private uncertainty about her own role becomes tangled with a widening threat to the entire realm she has been raised to serve.
Where it sits
- Universe: Blood and Ash
- Series: Blood and Ash core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Notes
- From the series record (Blood and Ash): The main five-book arc, following Poppy, the sheltered Maiden of an isolated kingdom, as she uncovers a bloodline that makes her the target of gods, kings, and monsters. Its own five-book story closes with A Soul of Ash and Blood.
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 Blood and Ash: position 1 of 5: next A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (2020)
- Internal chronology, within Blood and Ash: position 1 of 9: next A Shadow in the Ember (2021)
Sources
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