I accidentally stumbled across an Advance Readers Copy (ARC) review of this little beauty a few days ago when I was 'blog hunting' and I have fallen instantly in love. I added it my Goodreads 'to-read' list immediately and have been patiently waiting for new reviews. This unique idea for An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir is honestly beyond brilliant and I can already tell that I will be completely obsessing over it once I have it in my hands.
Title: An Ember in the Ashes
Have you heard of An Ember in the Ashes and are you just as excited as me to read it?
Title: An Ember in the Ashes
Author: Sabaa Tahir
Expected Publication: April 28th, 2015
I WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING I TELL EVERY SLAVE.
THE RESISTANCE HAS TRIED TO PENETRATE THIS SCHOOL COUNTLESS TIMES. I HAVE DISCOVERED IT EVERY TIME.
IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE RESISTANCE, IF YOU CONTACT THEM, IF YOU THINK OF CONTACTING THEM, I WILL KNOW
AND I WILL DESTORY YOU.
Laia is a slave.
Elias is a soldier.
Neither is free.
Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.
It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire's impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They've seen what happens to those who do.
But when Laia's brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire's greatest military academy.
There, Laia meets Elias, the school's finest soldier -- and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he's being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realise that their destinies are intertwined -- and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.
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