The Battle Drum : Book 2

Author: El-Arifi, Saara

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 28 March 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperVoyager) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Ending Fire' series.

Paperback | 448 pages
200 x 130 x 30 | 300g

Murder. Secrets. Sacrifice.

Anoor is the first blue-blooded ruler of the Wardens’ Empire. When she is accused of a murder she didn’t commit, she must solve the mystery to save her reign.

Her beloved, Sylah, braves new lands to find a solution for the hurricane that threatens to destroy her home. But should she sacrifice her old life to raise her sword once more?

The spy, Hassa, finds herself on a trail of crimes in the city. Her search uncovers the true extent of the empire’s atrocities.

The three women find their answers – but at what cost to their world?

BOOK TWO IN THE ENDING FIRE TRILOGY

‘Epic, gripping, and searing’ Sue Lynn Tan