When the jinn wouldn’t relinquish their secrets, the Scholars imprisoned all but one jinn, and that jinn (known thereafter as Nightbringer) fled to the Martial Empire, where he built an elite army to take revenge against the Scholars. Thousands of years ago, the Scholar Empire attacked the jinn (mystical creatures) in hopes of obtaining their superior knowledge. This guide follows the 2015 Razorbill edition of An Ember in the Ashes.Ĭontent Warning: The source material and this guide discuss violence, death, rape, enslavement, corporeal punishment, and child abandonment.Īn Ember in the Ashes is set in a fantasy world ruled by the Martial Empire. Inspired by the news stories she edited, she wrote An Ember in the Ashes while working at the Post. She attended UCLA and interned for the Washington Post, where she took a job after graduating. Born to parents who emigrated to the United States from Pakistan via the United Kingdom, Tahir grew up in the Mojave Desert in California. Sabaa Tahir is the New York Times bestselling author of books for young adults, including the An Ember in the Ashes series (2015-2020) and All My Rage (2022), which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
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