Fate's Bane [Hardcover]

Ignyte Award-winning author C. L. Clark brings fantasy to the fens withFate's Bane, a tragic sapphic adventure.

Warring clans. Burning hearts. Deadly fate.

The clans of the fens enjoy a tenuous peace, and it is all thanks to Agnir, ward and hostage. For as long as she can remember she has lived among the enemy, learning their ways, growing strong alongside their children. When a burgeoning love for the chieftains daughter lures them both to a hidden spring, a magic awakens in them that could bind the clans under one banner at lastor destroy any hope of peace. By working their intentions into leather, they can weave misfortune for their enemies& just like the Fates Bane that haunts the legends of the clans.

Ambitions grow in their fathers hearts, grudges threaten a return to violence, and greedy enemies wait outside the borders, seeking a foothold to claim the fens for themselves. And though their Makings may save their families, the legend that gave them this power always exacts its price.

C.L. Clark is a BFA award-winning editor and the Nebula-nominated author of a handful of books, several short stories, and a few essays, including the Magic of the Lost trilogy (beginning withThe Unbroken), the novellaFates Bane, and theArcanenovelAmbessa: Chosen of the Wolf. When shes not imagining the fall of empires, shes trying not to throw her kettlebells through the walls.

Finalist for the British Fantasy Award!

WithFate's Bane, C.L. Clark has written a book that feels like a ballad sung at dusk, or a tale told by torch-light: haunting, ancient, full of bad blood and true love. Gather round, listen close--I promise, you'll never forget it. Alix E. Harrow,New York Timesbestselling author ofStarling House

Bardic and powerful, Clark weaves a timeless narrative of pain and retribution, love, loss and family against the backdrop of the ancient fens. l³!