When Elias returns to the Waiting Place, he finds that the ghosts are trying to get out. He learns that he should ask the jinn, who are trapped in the trees, to show him their memory. Musa, the Beekeeper, rescues them and in exchange Darin agrees to make Serric steel weapons for the Scholars, though he is reluctant to do so.Įlias visits the tribes but the pull of the Waiting Place, of Mauth, pulls at him.

The Scholar refugees are suffering because of the two of them, so they turn themselves in and end up in jail. When they arrive, they see their own wanted posters. Livia then reveals that she is pregnant.ĭarin and Laia travel to Adisa to find the Beekeeper. Livia takes Helene to see that Marcus is taking orders from the ghost of his dead brother. She must search out the Beekeeper to learn more about the Nightbringer.Ĭain, an Augur, delivers a message to Hellene asking her to visit her sister, Livia. The Nightbringer has only one remaining piece of the star to collect and then he can set the jinn free. The Nightbringer goes into the Waiting Place and kills Shaeva, who delivers a prophecy. When Helene fails to get Laia or Elias, Marcus harms Livia. Helene is interested only in protecting her remaining family member, Livia, who is married to Emperor Marcus, her parent’s murderer. Shaeva rescues Elias, and Harper secretly releases Laia’s bonds allowing her to she escapes. Elias tells Helene that if she wants to defeat his mother, Keris Veturia, the Commandant, then she needs to go see Elias’s grandfather to learn more about her.

Elias is captured by Helene when he goes to find Laia. Shaeva says that he needs to let his human life go but he cannot. Helene has set a trap for her in an effort to get to lure Elias.Įlias, meanwhile, is not doing a very good job of learning to be the Soul Catcher. Laia and her allies have been raiding caravans to rescue Scholars using her invisibility as a weapon. The Nightbringer regrets hurting Laia of Serra more than he would like. He sends ghuls to the new allies in the south.

He pushes her memory away and sends a letter to Blood Shrike Helene Aquilla telling her where to find Laia of Serra. She always feared what he would do if harm came to those he loved. The Nightbringer remembers his wife the queen. ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happened in A Reaper at the Gates? If you are wondering what happened in A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir, then you are in the right place! Read a full summary of A Reaper at the Gates, the third book in the Ember in the Ashes series, now! This page is full of spoilers so beware.

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