Torchfire
by Moira Buffini
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Pub Date Aug 28 2025 | Archive Date Sep 03 2025
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Description
The hugely anticipated second instalment in Moira Buffini's dystopian fantasy trilogy. Who will triumph? Those with songlight, or those without?
Welcome back to a world where songlight – or telepathy – is either your greatest power or your greatest curse.
Elsa is on the run and is urgently seeking a safe haven.
Nightingale is being held captive and forced to use her songlight against her own people.
Piper has been promoted up the ranks of the Airmen, where nothing but bloodshed is demanded of him.
Rye has stumbled across an incredible airship, the likes of which has never been seen before...
All four are united by their desire for peace.
But peace between the Aylish and Brightland feels more fragile than ever.
And there is a new threat, not just to Brightland, but to Ayland and the world beyond. The airship that Rye has discovered is owned by the Sealanders, a race of elite Torches, recently returned to Earth.
The future of civilisation is on a knife edge, with those from Brightland wanting to stamp out songlight, those from Ayland wanting harmony and those from Sealand wanting songlight to rein, whatever the costs...
Advance Praise
Praise for Songlight, the first in The Torch Trilogy 💥
'Hard-hitting, imaginative, wide-ranging.' GUARDIAN
'The standout young adult novel of the year.' THE TIMES
'Songlight feels like the start of something big.' SFX
'One of the most gripping reads of 2024.' THE SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND
'Rich and immersive storytelling.' OBSERVER
'It has Hunger Games-style franchise potential written all over it.' TLS
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780571385683 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
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Featured Reviews
Jessica d, Reviewer
Songlight was my first ARC ever and I struck gold with that one because I loved it! As soon as I saw Torchfire I knew I needed to read it asap..
And wow. This second book leaves me even more hardbroken and curious for the next part of the story. Moira just keeps destroying me! She's created such a broken world with beautiful people who fight for what they believe in. The twists kept coming and..I just need the next book now!
Catarina S, Reviewer
Torchfire by Moira Buffini was a masterpiece! This author is a genious! I rated this book 5 stars because it really deserves this quotation! So so good.
Becky F, Reviewer
This book has cured my Hunger Games hangover!
The sequel to Songlight, a YA fantasy dystopian series with a cast of characters set in a world where ‘songlight’ (i.e. telepathic ability) is forbidden. Thank you so much to Faber & Faber for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review.
The book is written from various perspectives, most of whom are in the first book. (**spoilers ahead for anyone who hasn’t read Songlight**) Lark has fled her hometown, Northaven. Nightingale is disguised as a chrysalid by Sister Swan. Rye is on the run, and Piper is promoted up the airforce ranks, but at what cost?
There is also a new perspective added to the book: Petra. Petra is living in an airship, sent from her homeland, Sealand, tasked to explore the land before them. Her people value Songlight and dehumanise anyone who doesn’t have it as a ‘sapien’.
Petra’s perspective adds a new layer to the series, and swings it slightly towards the sci-fi genre.
It took me a few dozen pages to get back into the worlds of Brightland and Ayland, and remember all of the characters and their predicaments. (Can we normalise short summaries of past books at the start?!)
Once I was back in it, I was fully there, living and breathing the story. I really loved having the multiple perspectives, even though some of them (Swan and Piper), weren’t likeable, and were morally grey to say the least.
The plot was fast-moving and action-packed, and the world is beautifully crafted. There is a lot of political commentary and parallels that can be drawn to our world and its inequities.
It goes without saying that I can’t wait for the conclusion of this trilogy!
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