An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

?_~Keeps one reading long after the lights should have been out?_T ?_" Robin Hobb Read the explosive New York Times bestselling debut that?_Ts captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture, An Ember in the Ashes is the book everyone is talking about. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. When Laia?_Ts 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?_Ts greatest military academy. Should she fail it?_Ts more than her brother?_Ts freedom at risk . . . Laia?_Ts very life is at stake. There, she meets Elias, the academy?_Ts finest soldier. But Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he?_Ts 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.
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