Universe map
The world of An Ember in the Ashes in order
Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes quartet and Heir share one world. Read the quartet first; Heir is set a generation later.
Show novellas
Books in the order they were published. One lane per series, in that series’ colour. Novellas and companion stories are shown smaller. A book inside a portal frame is a crossover: it is read in one series but belongs to another, and the dashed link says what to read first.
- Start here
- Read 2nd
- Read 3rd
- Read 4th
- Read 5th
- Read 6th
Read this map as a list
- Start here ·An Ember in the Ashes · An Ember in the Ashes
- Read 2nd ·A Torch Against the Night · An Ember in the Ashes
- Read 3rd ·A Reaper at the Gates · An Ember in the Ashes
- Read 4th ·A Sky Beyond the Storm · An Ember in the Ashes
- Read 5th ·Heir · Heir Crossover: read A Sky Beyond the Storm first.
- Read 6th ·Empire · Heir
Where to begin
2 ways into this universe. Any of them works as a first book.
Reading orders in this universe
- The world of An Ember in the Ashes reading order
Heir is set a generation after A Sky Beyond the Storm, so finish the quartet first.