Fate's Bane

Ignyte Award-winning author C. L. Clark brings fantasy to the fens with Fate'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 chieftain's daughter lures them both to a hidden spring, a magic awakens in them that could bind the clans under one banner at last--or destroy any hope of peace. By working their intentions into leather, they can weave misfortune for their enemies... just like the Fate's 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.

Author: C. L. Clark
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: 09/30/2025
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9781250293145


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/28/2025
Library Journal 07/25/2025 pg. 1

About the Author
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 with The Unbroken), the novella Fate's Bane, and the Arcane novel Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf. When she's not imagining the fall of empires, she's trying not to throw her kettlebells through the walls.