Sabaa Tahir grew up in California's Mojave Desert at her family's
eighteen-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy
novels, raiding her brother's comic book stash, and playing guitar
badly. She began writing An Ember in the Ashes while working
nights as a newspaper editor. She likes thunderous indie rock,
garish socks, and all things nerd. Sabaa currently lives in the San
Francisco Bay Area with her family.
For more information, please visit Sabaa at SabaaTahir.com or on
Twitter @SabaaTahir.
Named one of the best books of the year by:
TIME
Entertainment Weekly
Buzzfeed
Amazon
PopSugar
Bustle
Paste Magazine
PopCrush
Praise for A Torch Against the Night:
"The stakes here are high and the plot runs like a well-oiled
machine, ratcheting up the tension with every chapter."
-NPR.org
"An adrenaline rush till the very last page."
-Buzzfeed
"The sequel to Tahir's bestselling smash An Ember in the Ashes
finally comes out in August, and let me tell you, it does not
disappoint." -Book Riot
"A Torch Against the Night is an unabashed page-turner that
scarcely ever pauses for breath." -The Christian Science
Monitor
"Fast-paced, exciting and full of adrenaline, A Torch Against The
Night is everything fans of Tahir's debut could possibly anticipate
in a sequel." -The Bucks County Courier Times
"Thrilling...Tahir meticulously plots these novels, ramping up the
suspense and including plenty of surprises." -The Buffalo
News
"Delivers in every way...The stakes have never
been higher, and the tension is acutely felt as Elias and Laia run
for their lives." -USA Today's Happy Ever After blog
"At last, it's here...It's as heartbreaking as it is
action-packed, delivering a worthy second installment in Tahir's
bestselling series." -Paste
"Tahir proves to be a master of suspense and a canny practitioner
of the cliffhanger, riveting readers' attention throughout....[An]
action-packed, breathlessly paced story." -Booklist, starred
review
"This sequel has a darker tone and even higher stakes than its
predecessor, setting the stage for a thrilling conclusion."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Excellent." -Kirkus Reviews
"The rare sequel that improves on the
original...unputdownable." -Common Sense Media (Five
Stars)
Praise for An Ember in the Ashes:
"This novel is a harrowing, haunting reminder of what it
means to be human - and how hope might be kindled in the midst of
oppression and fear." -The Washington Post
"An Ember in the Ashes could launch Sabaa Tahir into JK Rowling
territory...It has the addictive quality of The Hunger Games
combined with the fantasy of Harry Potter and the brutality of Game
of Thrones."-Public Radio International
"An Ember in the Ashes glows, burns, and smolders-as beautiful and
radiant as it is searing."-Huffington Post
"[An Ember in the Ashes] thrusts its readers into a world marred by
violence and oppression, yet does so with simple prose that can
offer moments of loveliness in its clarity. This complexity makes
Ember a worthy novel-and one as brave as its characters." -The
New York Times Book Review
"Sabaa Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy." -Us
Weekly
"An Ember in the Ashes mixes The Hunger Games with Game of
Thrones...and adds a dash of Romeo and Juliet." -The Hollywood
Reporter
"Blew me away...This book is dark, complex, vivid, and
romantic-expect to be completely transported."
-MTV.com
"Fast-paced, well-structured and full of twists and turns,
An Ember in the Ashes is an evocative debut that has left me
invested in knowing what happens next." -NPR
"Once you get caught up in the story, it's addictive, and
there's no way you can put it down before you figure out what
happens to the characters you have fallen for over the course of
the 400 some-odd pages. So I didn't." -Bustle
"This epic fantasy set in the Martial Empire has it all:
danger and violence, secrets and lies, strong characters and
forbidden romance and a touch of the supernatural." -The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
"A setting inspired by ancient Rome; a fierce battle for freedom in
the face of tyranny; and a villain who makes Cersei Lannister
and Dolores Umbridge look like a pair of pathetic amateurs...An
Ember in the Ashes is at the top of our must-read list for
2015." -MTV.com
"Be prepared to be blown away by this
fantasy-thriller-adventure." -Girls' Life
"An Ember in the Ashes is a book that's too good to put
down." -RedEye
"Perfect for fans of Maggie Stiefvater's The Scorpio Races or
Sarah Maas's Throne of Glass series...The book is already set
to be a film, which will be EPIC!" -TeenVogue.com
* "Tahir's deft, polished debut alternates between
two very different perspectives on the same brutal world, deepening
both in the contrast. In a tale brimming with political intrigue
and haunted by supernatural forces, the true tension comes from
watching Elias and Laia struggle to decide where their loyalties
lie." -Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Tahir's world-building is wonderfully detailed and the setting is
an unusual one for fantasy novels. All of her characters, even
minor ones, are fully realized....For fans of Game of Thrones
and of Melina Marchetta's Finnikin of the Rock." -School
Library Journal
"An original, well-constructed fantasy world...truly
engaging." -Kirkus Reviews
"An epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her
family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. It's a story that's
literally burning to be told." -Hypable.com
"First-time novelist Tahir has written an ambitious sword-and-sand
adventure story that is notable for its suspense and scope."
-Booklist
"Here's one of the year's most anticipated young-adult
debuts." -io9.com
"I was so engrossed with this book that I missed a connecting
flight. If that doesn't convince you to read An Ember in the
Ashes, I don't know what will. An explosive, heartbreaking, epic
debut that will keep you glued to the pages. I hope the world's
ready for Sabaa Tahir." -Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling
author of Legend
"With An Ember in the Ashes, Sabaa Tahir shows us light in the
darkness, hope in a world of despair, and the human spirit reaching
for greatness in difficult times." -#1 New York Times
bestselling author Brandon Sanderson
"An Ember in the Ashes is a spectacular page turner that
asks readers to consider how far they'd go to save the ones they
love. Sabaa Tahir is the next superstar in young adult
fiction and her debut is as cinematic as Gladiator and as
high-stakes as Game of Thrones."-Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York
Times bestselling author of Counting by 7s
"A heart-pounding story of love and loss, with the most
original world-building I've read all year. Deeply felt and deeply
moving, I could not put it down." -Margaret Stohl, New
York Times bestselling co-author of Beautiful Creatures
"This electric debut is a pulse-pounding action-packed Romeo and
Juliet story in a richly imagined world with a great twist and
heroic characters you'll root for and won't stop thinking about."
-Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times bestselling author of Frozen
and The Ring and the Crown
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