Helene and her crew have followed Elias and shut the city down. He asks her to take them to the prison and help them rescue Laia’s brother. They find a woman named Afya, a tribe leader, who Elias calls in a favor from. Wanted posters for Elias and Laia are everywhere. She gathers a legion to follow.Įlias continues to struggle with the poison, and despite a sandstorm, they finally reach Nur. Helene figures out that they are going to travel to Nur where Elias’s relatives live. There is tension, but Laia convinces them all to travel together to Kauf to get Darin out. She searches fruitlessly but finally gets a tip from Cook. Two are friends but one, Harper, is a spy for the Commandant. Helene is given three men to aid in her search. She makes her first kill.Įlias learns that he has only a few months to live and then the Soul Catcher will take him. She gets the cure but not before a fight with tribesmen. Elias continues to have seizures so Laia must go in alone. Helene hears the Commandant accuse Keris of having an interest in Laia.Įlias and Laia travel to a place called the Roost to try to obtain an antidote to the poison. He claims that he is the Reaper and he tells Helene that her healing power will destroy her if she is not careful. She overhears the Commandant talking with a man named Keris. Helene is tasked with finding, torturing, and killing Elias by Marcus. Laia must lead them to safety on horseback.Įlias is in and out of consciousness and dreams of a place where death is waiting for him. They escape but soon realize that Elias was poisoned by his mother’s blade.

Emperor Marcus makes a deal with her father, and they let her go.Įlias and Laia are attacked by wraiths in the desert outside the city. Helene is tortured for information about their escape. Later they realize that she essentially let them go. Laia feels it was a mistake to leave her alive. He fights with her, but they knock her out before things get too bad. They carve their way out eventually only to run into Elias’s mom, the Commandant. She says that “he” wants the silver and he will get it. She accuses Elias of being the reaper of death, and she wonders what Laia is. While there, they encounter a girl, a creature who wants silver. Elias and Laia are running for their lives through the catacombs trying to escape The Commandant and her people. ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happened in A Torch Against the Night?Ī Torch Against the Night picks up where An Ember in the Ashes left off. If you are wondering what happened in A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir, then you are in the right place!Īdd A Torch Against the Night at Goodreads If you are looking for a spoiler-free review, check our rapid review of A Torch Against the Night. Read a full summary of A Torch Against the Night, the second book in the Ember in the Ashes series now! This page is full of spoilers so beware.

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