Laia es una huerfana que lucha por salvar a su unico hermano. Elias es un soldado que lucha por su libertad. Cuando ambos se encuentren, no tardaran en descubrir que a veces es imposible luchar contra el destino... y que las decisiones que ellos tomen para sobrevivir pueden cambiar el futuro del Imperio. Laia y Elias descubriran que el Imperio solo puede vencerse desde dentro El futuro de este esta en sus manos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A deft, polished debut (Publishers Weekly, starred review), Sabaa Tahirs AN EMBER IN THE ASHES is a thought-provoking, heart-wrenching and pulse-pounding read. Set in a rich, high-fantasy world with echoes of ancient Rome, it tells the story of a slave fighting for her family and a young soldier fighting for his freedom. Laia 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 Empire s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They ve seen what happens to those who do. But when Laia s 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 Empire s greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school s finest soldierand secretly, its most unwilling. 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 intertwinedand that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself."
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