num_pages: 446
description:  Alternative Cover Edition #1Laia 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 Empires impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. Theyve seen what happens to those who do. But when Laias 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 Empires greatest military academy. There Laia meets Elias the schools finest soldierand secretly its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny hes being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwinedand that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: An Ember in the Ashes
publisher: Razorbill