An Ember in the Ashes

By: Sabaa Tahir

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham, Steve West

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.

Excellent

I loved every minute of the book! I just don't realize it was going to be the beginning of a series....

Love Love Love

Where does An Ember in the Ashes rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's one of the best. I absolutely adore this audiobook, and I've listened to it a number of times already.

Have you listened to any of Fiona Hardingham and Steve West ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I haven't heard any of their other performances, but I absolutely loved them in this. They sound perfectly in-character. I adore Fiona Hardingham's accent and Steve West's voice is off the charts.

Any additional comments?

I cannot recommend this enough.

You Are Seeing this Everywhere for a Reason

Care for a mix up of Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Gladiator and some pure Originality? If you are seeing this everywhere and are intrigued, go ahead and delve in, it's worth it.

What does a boy do when he's been forced to be a trained killer, and he just wants to escape? What does a girl do when her brother is captured and held prisoner, and she knows she has no courage to help him? You'll be anxious to find out as you race through this book.

Can’t wait to start book 2!

Story is great, but the wording gets a little repetitive and certain points are belabored to the point of wanting to fast forward and the interpersonal drama sometimes takes away from the wonderful intensity of the other major plot points. That said, it could just be the way of a young adult literature and I’m totally sucked in anyway. I would definitely recommend regardless of any complaints and would totally love to see this as a movie...

Great story!

I loved how involved you get with characters right away. There is so much detail into this new world, learning about the social dynamics, and getting to know Elias and Laia's back stories, but it flows really well. Excited about the next one.