480 pages | Trade Paperback

BOOK THREE IN THENEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING SERIES

Thrilling and hard to put down, readers will absolutely devour Tahirs latest.BuzzFeed

The highly anticipated third book in #1New York Timesbestselling author Sabaa Tahirs EMBER QUARTET.

Beyond the Martial Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.

Helene Aquilla, the Blood Shrike, is desperate to protect her sisters life and the lives of everyone in the Empire. But she knows that danger lurks on all sides: Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable and violent, while Keris Veturia, the ruthless Commandant, capitalizes on the Emperors volatility to grow her own powerregardless of the carnage she leaves in her path.

Far to the east, Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies not in the machinations of the Martial court, but in stopping the Nightbringer. But in the hunt to bring him down, Laia faces unexpected threats from those she hoped would help her, and is drawn into a battle she never thought shed have to fight.

And in the land between the living and the dead, Elias Veturius has given up his freedom to serve as Soul Catcher. But in doing so, he has vowed himself to an ancient power that demands his complete surrendereven if that means abandoning the woman he loves.