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Naturally, good-egg-Elias has ambitions for the Empire, ones which will not be realised whilst the Commandant is whispering in Marcus’ ear, nor whilst Marcus controls the Empire either TBH.

The ex-Mask Elias joins the quest of helping her free her brother from Kauf prison, but along the way meets his own demons.

A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT BOOK SUMMARY SERIES

Though not as complex, and way fewer protagonist-killings, this series is on the verge of a Game of Thrones for teenagers not quite ready to commit to the thousands of pages and character storylines in the books by G.R.R.M.Įlias and Laia are running for their lives, but not just away from – Darin remains a captive of the Empire and Laia is desperate to save her brother, regardless of the cost. What first drew me to this series was that “Game of Thrones fans will love this” – they weren’t wrong. It was great to have someone to chat to about the theories we had on where the story would go, the shocking moments, and the sad ones. It did not take me long to pick up book 2, and I was lucky enough to find a friend in the bookstagram community to read this novel with.

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The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking of all, Helene-Elias’s former friend and the Empire’s newest Blood Shrike.īound to Marcus’s will, Helene faces a torturous mission of her own-one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape…and kill them both.”įollowing on from the events after the fourth trial in An Ember in the Ashes, with Helene Aquilla now the Blood Shrike of Marcus Farrar, we are transported back into the ancient-roman world by Sabaa Tahir. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom.īut dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. Laia is determined to break into Kauf-the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison-to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire. “Elias and Laia are running for their lives.

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