![]() Elias, his best friend Helene, and their enemies, the cruel brothers Marcus and Zak, are selected for the competition.Īs the Trials unfold, Laia does her best to spy, but no matter what she brings back for Mazen, it is not enough to prompt him to rescue Darin. Four Aspirants are to be selected from Blackcliff to participate in the Trials to select a new Emperor. However, it is announced by the holy men of the Empire, the Augurs, that a new Emperor must be named as the current Emperor has no heir. Elias, as it turns out, wants nothing to do with the Empire, and plans to desert after graduation. There, Laia learns the Commandant has a bastard son named Elias, who is preparing to graduate from Blackcliff and become a full-fledged Mask. Laia agrees, and goes undercover as the Commandant’s personal slave. Mazen agrees to help Laia free Darin if Laia will spy on the Commandant of Blackcliff Military Academy, and provide crucial information for the Resistance. Laia seeks out the Resistance in the catacombs beneath the City of Serra, where she uses her family history to gain an audience with Mazen, leader of the Resistance, and some of his best fighters, including Keenan and Sana. The Empire stages a raid on the house, killing Laia’s grandparents and capturing Darin. She wants to avoid Darin suffering a similar fate, because she knows he has been sneaking out at night for unknown reasons. Laia knows her parents were members of the Resistance, and knows they were betrayed to the Empire. When the novel begins, Laia and her sole surviving sibling, Darin, live with their grandparents, for their parents and their sister have long ago been killed. Paperback Edition.Īn Ember in the Ashes is a young adult fantasy novel by Sabaa Tahir, that recounts the struggles of 17-year-old Laia to save her older brother from the clutches of the Empire, while Aspirant to become Emperor, Elias Verturius, struggles to find a way to leave the Empire. NOTE: This study guide specifically refers to the following version of this book: Tahir, Sabaa.
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