If you took a look at my MOST anticipated debut novels of 2015 post (you did right??) you will know An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir received a spot on that list. It’s a book I’m SO excited about reading soon especially given my new found love for fantasy….and this one sure does look to be pretty epic!
I’m excited to partner with Penguin to celebrate this series right up until the release date — starting with an exciting excerpt and a giveaway! I’ve read the excerpt and now I’m just not sure I can wait to read it much longer!
Set in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world, An Ember in the Ashes is 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. LAIA is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire’s greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution.ELIAS is the academy’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias is considering deserting the military, but before he can, he’s ordered to participate in a ruthless contest to choose the next Martial emperor. When Laia and Elias’s paths cross at the academy, they find that their destinies are more intertwined than either could have imagined and that their choices will change the future of the empire itself.
Check out the excerpt that was revealed exclusively on MTV News HERE!
And now for the giveaway!
Penguin is giving FIVE lucky winners the chance to win a signed galley of An Ember in the Ashes plus a t-shirt!
Good luck!!
Katie says
I’m soooooooo excited for this book! It sounds like such an epic, heart wrenching story that I cannot wait to let break me and drown me in feels.
Also, I found this a looong while back, but it has a larger sample: https://bibliophilemind.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/an-ember-in-the-ashes-sampler-review/
Missie says
I am excited to read this one! Thanks for the giveaway!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
Lucia @Reading Is My Breathing says
This is one of my most expected books of 2015! It sounds so so good 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway.
Sam @ The Little Munchkin Reader says
Oh My Goodness! This synopsis sounds EPIIC! Thank you so much for bringing this debut to my attention!