A Reaper at the Gates

Sabaa Tahir

Jun 2018 · An Ember in the Ashes Book 3 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

BOOK THREE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES

"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 #1 New York Times bestselling 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.

Ratings and reviews

This book is okay but by the 3rd book in there never feels to be any relief from the stress and things going wrong for characters. It feels like it's dragging on and that the author likes to torment her characters instead of us seeing them grow they feel like they stay stagnant for too long by just failing constantly. Small victories throughout would go a long way.

I really loved this trilogy but you left the ending totally open and so much unfinished. You have to continue! There's just too much left unsaid and so much more to do yet! But I loved this series. An emotional rollercoaster for me. So PLEASE continue with the trilogy! I know I'm not the only one begging for more!!!

Amazing, amazing, amazing! There has to be another book... So much twist and turns. Truly respect the depth of all the characters. Forgiveness, redemption, acceptance, and letting go were major take aways from this book. I am left in shock, what an ending!

About the author

SABAA TAHIR is a former newspaper editor who grew up in California’s Mojave Desert at her family’s eighteen-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, listening to thunderous indie rock, and playing guitar and piano badly. Her #1 New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes series has been translated into more than thirty-five languages, and the first book in the series was named one of TIME’s 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. Tahir’s most recent novel, All My Rage, won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry, and was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Visit Sabaa online at SabaaTahir.com and follow her on Instagram @SabaaTahir and TikTok @SabaaTahirAuthor.