The highly anticipated third book in Sabaa Tahir's New York Times bestselling
EMBER QUARTET. Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever
larger.
The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus,
haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant
capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. As Helene searches for a
way to hold back the approaching darkness, her sister's life and the lives of
all those in the Empire hang in the balance.
Far to the east, Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies not in the
machinations of the Martial