tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554943708551676241.post1588962551280573077..comments2024-02-06T14:22:08.095-07:00Comments on Provo City Library Staff Reviews: An Ember in the AshesAGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18089515677655906854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554943708551676241.post-24538799810957428972016-06-08T15:29:37.009-06:002016-06-08T15:29:37.009-06:00This was one of my recent fantasy books. There is ...This was one of my recent fantasy books. There is a certain breadth and expansiveness I haven’t felt in a novel for a while. I think this is partly because of the well-developed, complex characters. The story is told in alternating chapters between Laia and Elias. Laia is one of the enslaved Scholar people living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at Black Cliff, the empire's greatest military academy, in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they can rescue her brother from execution. Elias is a Martial living at Black Cliff and training to become a Mask, one of the Martial’s most elite fighters.<br /><br />Not for the faint of heart, this is an action-packed tale brimming with political intrigue, violence, and haunted by supernatural forces, but the true tension comes from watching Elias and Laia struggle to decide where their loyalties lie.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06014693617353468896noreply@blogger.com