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. Change your fate. Pay the price. 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.