Descrip­tions

Trois femmes. Trois couleurs de sang. Un empire à brûler

Rouge est le sang de la magie, de l'élite et des dirigeants.

Ce sont les Braises.

Dès son plus jeune âge, Sylah est promise à un grand destin : elle sera celle qui déclenchera la révolution et libérera l'empire de la tyrannie des Braises. Mais son étincelle s'est éteinte le jour où elle a vu sa famille se faire assassiner.

Bleu est le sang des pauvres, des travailleurs et de la résistance.

Ce sont les Cendres.

Anoor est une Cendre qui a grandi cachée au milieu des Braises, maltraitée par sa mère, l'une des dirigeantes de l'empire. Lorsqu'elle rencontre Sylah, un feu s'allume en elle, qui pourrait aussi bien détruire l'empire que consumer leurs cœurs.

Transparent est le sang des esclaves, des opprimés et des invisibles.

Ce sont les Hanteurs.

Lorsque le gouvernement organise une série d'épreuves afin de trouver ses nouveaux dirigeants, Sylah et Anoor décident d'y participer. Elles sont aidées par Hassa, une Hanteuse qui pourrait être le maillon manquant permettant de révéler les plus sombres secrets de l'empire. L'aliance des trois jeunes femmes attisera le brasier d'une révolution nouvelle, une révolution qui fera couler beaucoup de sangs...

In the first book of a visionary fantasy trilogy with its roots in the mythology of Africa and Arabia, three women band together against a cruel empire that divides people by blood.

Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control.

Blue is the blood of the poor, of workers, of the resistance.

Clear is the blood of the slaves, of the crushed, of the invisible.

Sylah dreams of days growing up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the empire from the red-blooded ruling classes’ tyranny. That spark was extinguished the day she watched her family murdered before her eyes.

Anoor has been told she’s nothing, no one, a disappointment, by the only person who matters: her mother, the most powerful ruler in the empire. But when Sylah and Anoor meet, a fire burns between them that could consume the kingdom—and their hearts.

Hassa moves through the world unseen by upper classes, so she knows what it means to be invisible. But invisibility has its uses: It can hide the most dangerous of secrets, secrets that can reignite a revolution. And when she joins forces with Sylah and Anoor, together these grains of sand will become a storm.

As the empire begins a set of trials of combat and skill designed to find its new leaders, the stage is set for blood to flow, power to shift, and cities to burn.

Book One of The Ending Fire Trilogy

"Stolen from her noble crib as a child, Sylah was one of ‘the Sandstorm’: 12 Ember children raised by rebels to one day bring down the empire—until a massacre left her the lone survivor. Years later she spends her days numb from addiction, fighting (and winning) in the ring to fund her habit. But when her long-lost stepbrother returns, determined to fulfil the purpose they were trained for, Sylah is caught between her blood, and her loyalties. Forced to confront everything she has run from, and the truth of her past, can Sylah achieve the destiny she was trained for?"