04907cam a2200397 4500 285907932 TxAuBib 20170225120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780147525062 0147525063 5a966b69-6931-4cf3-b908-61dcc1dee381 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2333275 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Tahir, Sabaa. A Torch Against the Night [Libby Audiobook] : Ember in the Ashes Series, Book 2. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2016. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 417MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 417MB. HTML:THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO AN EMBER IN THE ASHES A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "Spectacular."—Entertainment Weekly "Fresh and exciting...Tahir has shown a remarkable talent for penning complex villains."—A.V. Club "Even higher stakes than its predecessor... thrilling." —Publishers Weekly, starred review "[An] action-packed, breathlessly paced story." —Booklist, starred review Set in a rich, high-fantasy world inspired by ancient Rome, Sabaa Tahir's AN EMBER IN THE ASHES told the story of Laia, a slave fighting for her family, and Elias, a young soldier fighting for his freedom. Now, in A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT, Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire. Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire's most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars' survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom. But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must 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. From the Hardcover edition.. HTML:Starred review from June 6, 2016 The sequel to Tahir’s bestselling An Ember in the Ashes picks up where the last installment left off: Laia and Elias, fresh from the Trials that made them both traitors, barely escape the city of Serra with their lives as a Scholar rebellion tears the city apart. Elias is sworn to help Laia rescue her brother, Darin, from the prison of Kauf, held there for his knowledge of steelmaking secrets that could bring the end of the Martial empire. But Helene Aquilla, the new emperor’s Blood Shrike and Elias’s best friend from childhood, has orders to hunt down both of the fugitives or forfeit her own family’s lives. Watching them all is the commandant of Blackcliff, ruthless in her hatred and hiding a sinister agenda of her own. The shifting network of alliances and betrayals can almost be too elaborate to follow at times, but Tahir’s skill with her characters is more than enough to hold readers’ attention. This sequel has a darker tone and even higher stakes than its predecessor, setting the stage for a thrilling conclusion. Ages 14–up. Agent: Alexandra Machinist, ICM Partners.. Publisher's Weekly. Young Adult Literature. Young Adult Fiction. Fantasy. Romance. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-02-24 23:00:02. McEwan, Katharine. Hardingham, Fiona. West, Steve. http://www.ntexlibrariesonthego.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=5a966b69-6931-4cf3-b908-61dcc1dee381 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2333275-ATorchAgainstTheNight.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5a966b69-6931-4cf3-b908-61dcc1dee381&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2333275-ATorchAgainstTheNight.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5a966b69-6931-4cf3-b908-61dcc1dee381&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXMLR