An Ember in the Ashes is a teen & young adult fictional novel. The book is chapter 1 of An Amber in the Ashes novel series. It is written by Sabaa Tahir. She is an American novelist from California and loves to spend her time devouring fantasy fiction novels. She began writing the subject novel while doing night shifts as a newspaper editor. A few of her other successful novels include A Torch Against the Night and A Sky Beyond the Storm.
The narration of this audiobook is done by the duo of Fiona Hardingham and Steve West. The performance by both of them was simply outstanding and there were all nice things said about them by the audience.
The novel is set in a petrifying Rome-type world. It is a tale about an orphan who is fighting for her family and then a soldier trying to get freedom.
Laia is living under the rule of iron-fisted of the Martial Empire as a Scholar. When her brother is charged for treason and gets arrested then she goes undercover pretending to be a slave at the greatest military academy of the empire.
This was planned in exchange for the aid from the rebel Scholars who believed that they would save her brother at any cost from execution. Elias is the best soldier of the academy and most unwilling secretly as well. He is considering forsaking the military but get orders to become part of a callous contest for selecting the next Martial emperor.
This is one of the finest fictional novels that you can try on a weekend. The writing is a superb and the audio performance even better.
