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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