An Ember in the Ashes

Keeps one reading long after the lights should have been out Robin Hobb Read the explosive New York Times bestselling debut thats 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 Laias 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 Empires greatest military academy. Should she fail its more than her brothers freedom at risk . . . Laias very life is at stake. There, she meets Elias, the academys finest soldier. But Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny hes 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.