![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, in the capital city of Antium, Helene Aquilla, the Blood Shrike, is hoping she can keep her younger sister Livia safe from the predations of her new husband, Emperor Marcus. This in turn threatens the very fabric of existence. But his connections to the world of the living, especially his feelings for Laia, are jeopardizing his ability to pass the ghosts on. In the forest called The Waiting Place, Elias has been condemned to a life of passing ghosts to the next world. ![]() But the Jinn is wily and ancient, and it will take all of Laia's smarts and courage to outwit him. Laia has now realized that if she wants to save her people, the Scholars, she must defeat the Nightbringer, a vengeful Jinn set on destroying them. The third book in the Ember Quartet picks up where the second book left off. The novel is narrated in the first-person, alternating between the points of view of Laia, Elias and Helene. The story follows Laia, a scholar girl, on a mission to defeat the night bringer Elias, the current soul catcher, tries to learn the ways of soul catcher and Helene, the blood shrike tries to defeat the enemies of the empire. It is the third book in the An Ember in the Ashes series, preceded by A Torch Against the Night and followed by A Sky Beyond the Storm. It was published on by Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House. A Reaper at the Gates is a fantasy novel written by Pakistani-American author Sabaa Tahir. ![]()
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