An Ember in the Ashes 02. A Torch Against the Night
'Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy' - Us WeeklyThe sequel to the explosive New York Times bestselling debut An Ember in the Ashes, that's captivated readers worldwide.After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt Elias and Laia as they flee the city of Serra.Laia and Elias are determined to break into the Empire's most secure and dangerous prison to save Laia's brother, even if for Elias it means giving up his last chance at freedom.They will have to fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking of all, Helene - Elias's former friend and the Empire's newest Blood Shrike.Bound to Marcus's will, Helene faces a torturous mission of her own - one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape . . . and kill them both.
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'Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy' - Us WeeklyThe sequel to the explosive New York Times bestselling debut An Ember in the Ashes, that's captivated readers worldwide.After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt Elias and Laia as they flee the city of Serra.Laia and Elias are determined to break into the Empire's most secure and dangerous prison to save Laia's brother, even if for Elias it means giving up his last chance at freedom.They will have to fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking of all, Helene - Elias's former friend and the Empire's newest Blood Shrike.Bound to Marcus's will, Helene faces a torturous mission of her own - one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape . . . and kill them both.
H | B | T | Gramm
198 mm | 126 mm | 35 mm | 0.32 kg
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
FSK
0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Harper Collins Publ. U
ISBN-10
0008160376
ISBN-13
9780008160371
Autor
Sabaa Tahir
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
459
Themen
Kinder/Jugendliche: Romane, Erzählungen, Tatsachenberichte, Kriegsromane und Militärabenteuer, Fantasy Romance, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen, Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, nicht nach Genre, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Reisen, Epische Fantasy High Fantasy / Heroische Fantasy, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Heranwachsen
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Amerikanische Belletristik / Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur, Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur / Englisch, Englische Bücher / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur, Fantasy / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur, Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur / Jugendliteratur / Ab 12 Jahre, TB/Kinder-/Jugendromane u. -erzählungen
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Sabaa Tahir
Sabaa Tahir grew up in California's Mojave Desert at her family's 18-room motel where she spent a lot of her time devouring fantasy novels. She wrote her debut novel, An Ember in the Ashes while working nights as a newspaper editor. The book went on to become an international bestseller. Sabaa currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family and can be found online at www.sabaatahir.com and tweeting @sabaatahir.
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