Book guide
An Ember in the Ashes
In a brutal empire where defiance means death, a grieving girl and a reluctant soldier find their fates dangerously entwined.
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About An Ember in the Ashes
Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. When Laia's grandparents are brutally murdered and her brother arrested for treason by the empire, the only people she has left to turn to are the rebels. But in exchange for their help in saving her brother, they demand that Laia spy on the ruthless Commandant of Blackcliff, the Empire's greatest military academy. Should she fail it's more than her brother's freedom at risk . . . Laia's very life is at stake. There, she meets Elias, the academy's finest soldier. But Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he's being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined - and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Fast
Series
Ember Quartet · Book 1 of 4
Content warnings
- murder
- state violence
- execution threat
- imprisonment
- slavery
- torture
- sexual assault
- physical abuse
- violence
- blood
- gore
- death
- threat of rape
