After surviving the brutal Trials, Elias and Laia are fugitives on the run, hunted by Martial soldiers and haunted by what they left behind. Laia is determined to break into the Empire’s most feared prison, Kauf, to rescue her brother—the key to saving the Scholar people. Elias has one goal: help her succeed, even if it costs him his freedom—or his life.
But the Empire never lets go easily. From sadistic wardens to supernatural threats, enemies close in on every side. Worst of all, Elias’s former friend Helene, now the Empire’s Blood Shrike, is under orders to hunt them down—and kill them.
In A Torch Against the Night, Sabaa Tahir raises the stakes and deepens the heartbreak in this searing second installment of her bestselling fantasy series.
