“Thrilling and hard to put down, readers will absolutely devour Tahir’s latest.” (BuzzFeed)
An Entertainment Weekly Summer Reads pick!
“The perfect summer read.” (The Washington Post)
The highly anticipated third book in number-one New York Times best-selling author Sabaa Tahir’s Ember Quartet.
Beyond the Martial Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.
Helene Aquilla, the Blood Shrike, is desperate to protect her sister’s life and the lives of everyone in the Empire. But she knows that danger lurks on all sides: Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable and violent while Keris Veturia, the ruthless Commandant, capitalizes on the Emperor’s volatility to grow her own power – regardless of the carnage she leaves in her path.
Far to the east, Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies not in the machinations of the Martial court but in stopping the Nightbringer. But in the hunt to bring him down, Laia faces unexpected threats from those she hoped would help her and is drawn into a battle she never thought she’d have to fight.
And in the land between the living and the dead, Elias Veturius has given up his freedom to serve as Soul Catcher. But in doing so, he has vowed himself to an ancient power that demands his complete surrender – even if that means abandoning the woman he loves.
雪兔子Mary
作者不按常理出牌,在book3里体现得尤其明显。 Elias最终还是放弃了humanity,真正和Mauth融为一体,接替Shaeva成为新的Banu al-Mauth;The Commandant篡权成功;Helene的面具(也是她灵魂的一部分)被夺走;The Nightbringer释放被囚禁千年的jinn们... Cook的身份终于被揭晓,人们以为已死的Lioness竟还活着,可活着的却又不是她... 这本书里有一些写了但还没用上的伏笔,估计在book4里会用到。 这个系列很值得听。
Andyxi
乍一看,武夫帝国的首都和北京还蛮像的,都是靠着大山。