An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir - An Ember in the Ashes #1 Book cover type:Paperback In The Front Runner

In The Front Runner

the Kingdom of Night

As the captain of Blackcastle Football Club and one of the highest-paid athletes in the game

in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir - An Ember in the Ashes #1 Book cover type:Paperback In The Front RunnerLaia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empires impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge