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line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Life is made of so many
moments that mean nothing. Then one day a single moment comes along to define
every second that comes after.</span></p>

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line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">For years Laia has lived in
fear. Fear of the Empire, fear of the Martials, fear of truly living at all.
Born as a Scholar, she’s never had much of a choice. For Elias, it’s the
opposite. He has seen too much on his path to becoming a Mask, one of the
Empire’s elite soldiers. With the Masks’ help, the Empire has conquered a
continent and enslaved thousands, all in the name of power. When Laia’s brother
is taken she must force herself to help the Resistance, the only people who
have a chance of saving him. She must spy on the Commandant, ruthless overseer
of Blackcliff Academy. Blackcliff is the training ground for Masks and the very
place that Elias is planning to escape. If he succeeds, he will be named
deserter. If found, the punishment will be death. But once Laia and Elias meet,
they will find that their destinies are intertwined and that their choices will
change the fate of the Empire itself. In the ashes of a broken world, one person
can make a difference. One voice in the dark can be heard. The price of freedom
is always high and this time that price might demand everything, even life
itself. </span></p>

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EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Access codes and supplements are not
guaranteed with used items.</span></b></p>

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line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">About the Author</span></b></p>

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line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Sabaa Tahir </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">was born on 7 November 1983, London, United
Kingdom. She is a Pakistani-American young adult novelist best known for her
New York Times-bestselling An Ember in the Ashes and its sequels. Two of her
novels, An Ember in the Ashes and A Torch Against the Night, were listed among
Time Magazine^s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time in 2020. She lives in the
San Francisco Bay Area with her family.</span></p>

