Reviews
“With Fate'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
“Bardic and powerful, Clark weaves a timeless narrative of pain and retribution, love, loss and family against the backdrop of the ancient fens." —Hannah Kaner, bestselling author of Godkiller
“Fate's Bane was everything I wanted: a wildly romantic bogland fable, tough and tender by turns, gripping to the last moment. This book is a wonderful well-crafted little thing and I'd recommend it to pretty much everyone.” —Grace Curtis, author of Frontier and Floating Hotel
“Clark miraculously tells a grand epic in the space of a breathlessly paced novella, full of love and conflicting loyalty, family and betrayal, impossible choices and heartbreak. You will fall in love with Agnir and Hadhnri even as they fall in love with each other, and lose yourself with them in the magic of the fens.” —Melissa Caruso
“C. L. Clark invites us into a world of kinship, love and fearful struggle that will leave a reader breathless” —Lucy Holland, bestselling author of Sistersong and Song of the Huntress
“Fate's Bane is an exquisite gem of a novella—a tightly crafted, emotionally resonant tale of love, longing, loyalty, and betrayal.” —Leslye Penelope
“Smart and moving, brilliantly paced and gorgeously written, a great tale of daring and duty that delivers a powerful romance.” —Matt Bell, author of Appleseed