Change your fate. Pay the price.An Ember in the Ashes meets Mask of Shadows in Emily Victoria`s #ownvoices debut YA fantasy, an epic adventure full of magic, rebellion, and finding where you truly belong.Orphaned and forced to serve her country`s ruling group of scribes, Karis wants nothing more than to find her brother, long ago shipped away. But family bonds don`t matter to the Scriptorium, whose sole focus is unlocking the magic of an ancient automaton army.In her search for her brother, Karis does the seemingly impossible: she awakens a hidden automaton. Intelligent, with a conscience of his own, Alix has no idea why he was made. Or why his father - their nation`s greatest traitor - once tried to destroy the automatons.Suddenly, the Scriptorium isn`t just trying to control Karis; it`s hunting her. Together with Alix, Karis must find her brother . . . and the secret that`s held her country in its power for centuries.