**A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick**

Prepare for a ruthless and romantic new fantasy from #1New York Timesbestsellingand National Book Award winning author Sabaa Tahir that introduces a newgeneration of characters set in the same world as the unforgettable An Ember inthe Ashes series.

An orphan.
An outcast.
A prince.
And a killer who will bring an empire to its knees.

Growing up in the Kegari slums, AIZ has seen her share of suffering. An oldtragedy fuels her need for vengeance, but it is love of her people that propelsher. Until one hotheaded mistake lands her in an inescapable prison, where theembers of her wrath ignite.

Banished from her people for an unforgivable crime, SIRSHA is adown-on-her-luck tracker who uses magic to trace her marks. Destitute, sheagrees to hunt down a killer who has murdered children across the MartialEmpire. All she has to do is carry out the job and get paid. But when a chanceencounter leads to an unexpected attraction, Sirsha learns her mission mightcost her far more than shes willing to give up.

QUIL is the crown prince of the Empire and nephew of a venerated empress, buthes loath to take the throne when his aunt steps down. As the son of a reviledemperor, he, better than anyone, understands that power corrupts. When avicious new enemy threatens the survival of the Empire, Quil must ask himselfif he can rise above his tragic lineage and be the heir his people need.

Beloved storyteller Sabaa Tahir interweaves the lives of three young people asthey grapple with power, treachery, love, and the devastating consequences ofunchecked greed, on a journey that may cost them their livesand their hearts.Literally.

About the Author

SABAA TAHIRis a former newspaper editor whogrew up in Californias Mojave Desert at her familys eighteen-room motel.There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, listening to thunderousindie rock, and playing guitar and piano badly.

Her #1New York Timesbestselling An Emberin the Ashes series has been translated into more than thirty-five languages,and the first book in the series was named one ofTIMEs 100 BestYoung Adult Books of All Time.

Tahirs most recent novel,All My Rage, won theNational Book Award for Young Peoples Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award,theBoston Globe-Horn BookAward for Fiction and Poetry.