As Helene searches for a way to hold back the approaching darkness, her sister's life and the lives of all those in the Empire hang in the balance.įar 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. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power.

The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. After that, I think you’ll be on my side in wanting a TV series based on the book series.The highly anticipated third book in Sabaa Tahir's New York Times bestselling EMBER QUARTET.īeyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger. If you’re a fantasy fan and you’ve never read An Ember in the Ashes, you should definitely check it out. There are epic fight sequences, battles, magic, heists, romance, mystery and so much more in this book series. The series tells the story of Laia and Elias, two teens who are fighting for their freedom and trying to overthrow the oppressive Martial Empire, which resembles ancient Rome. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like anything ever happened with that deal, and it’s hard to find any information about whether or not the rights revert back to Tahir or if a TV series based on the book series would be possible. Paramount bought the rights to the books in 2013, before the first novel had even come out: An Ember in the Ashes released in 2015, followed by A Torch Against the Night in 2016, A Reaper at the Gates in 2018, and A Sky Beyond the Storm in 2020. While I could also picture this story as a film series, it would be so much better as a TV show with more time to show how expansive this world is, develop the characters, and explore the passage of time in a way that I don’t think would work on the big screen.Īt one point, An Ember in the Ashes was actually going to be a movie series.

There’s so much going on in Sabaa Tahir’s four-book series. (Photo by Brandon Williams/Getty Images) An Ember in the AshesĪn Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir would be the perfect book adaptation for the streaming era. LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 16: (L-R) YA Authors Tomi Adeyemi, Sabaa Tahir and Victoria Aveyaro present at Entertainment Weekly’s YA Fantasy Stars Panel at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on Jin Los Angeles, California.

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