In February 2025, a new romantasy novel captured our hearts. It was the first in The Wolves of Ruin series, Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen. Now it’s time to continue the journey with Fury Bound.
The latest novel was released on May 5, 2026, and it was already clear it was needed with more than 60,000 pre-orders. It picks up where Dire Bound left off, with Meryn Cooper now the new wearer of the crown. However, while inheriting the crown, she has also found herself in charge of a deadly war, and her decisions can save or destroy the Kingdom of Nocturna.
Right now, the kindgom is struggling with the lies of the past, but Meryn wants to change all of that. Teamed with her bonded direwolf, Anassa, she plays the game of politics, trying to prove to her nobles that she is someone to trust.
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However, there’s more on the line, and this time, it’s something personal. Her sister, Saela, is at risk, and the only person Meryn can trust is the man she has always loathed, Stark Therion. If you love fantasy, romance, adventure, and animal bonds, you know the sequel is for you, but just in case you need a little more persuasion, we have an exclusive excerpt from the novel.
We open with Meryn and Anassa on the hunt for another rider and his direwolf. As we know about Anassa, she’s not one to back down from a fight, and she is able to take control of the fight quickly.
This also gives us the reminder of the bond between human and direwolf. This is more than just a connection built on love and trust. It’s one that is physical and emotional. They feel each other’s pain, which is what Meryn needs in the fight.
Check out the excerpt of Fury Bound:
Anassa darts in and snaps her teeth down on one of the spears, sending splinters flying as she shakes her snout. The rider wisely lets go but pulls out his sword.
I don’t think so.
I swing the Dire Blade toward him. Metal hits metal, and I grit my teeth as I press forward, forcing him back inch by inch.
Then Anassa clamps her jaws viciously and comes away with a chunk of fur between her teeth. There’s a hole where his wolf’s left ear was.
Blood showers us and the ground, the open wound pulsing. Vicious satisfaction lashes through Anassa.
The rider’s control of his sword wavers as his direwolf ’s pain slams into him. I slash in under his guard, scoring a long wound along his side.
He yells in agony and falls back, but another wolf and rider take his place just as quickly.
Izabel appears beside me, and we bear down on the enemy pair together. Our swords flash bright as we maneuver in, trying to land a blow.
The rider is a Daemos I recognize from the Trials, younger than me. His hands come up to throw a blast of Daemos power our way. Izabel and her wolf, Asteio, swerve to the side, escaping the brunt of it.
It hits me and Anassa full on, like a stone wall, harder than should be possible.
But weirdly, it also seems to rebound, as if the power had an equal reflection onto the wielder. It knocks the Daemos boy off his wolf, leaving him sprawling on the ground.
“What was that?” I ask my wolf, muscles screaming as I fight to stay on her back. I’ve never seen power falter in that way.
But we don’t have time to discuss it.
Another Daemos rider has circled around fast. He nearly sideswipes Izabel with his dagger. Then he jumps—onto Izabel’s wolf behind her.
I look for an opening. Anassa swings us around until we’re right next to Iza- bel and Asteio—and the Daemos attacker. I lean forward, but he’s too close for me to bring my sword in without injuring Iz. He’s wrapped an arm around her throat, and she can’t get purchase with her sword at that distance.
She coolly whips a dagger from a thigh sheath, even while gasping for breath, and buries it in his leg.
He screams and tips to the side. His weight carries them both to the ground.
I leap down next to them and slash wildly at the man. His neck erupts in a fountain of blood, and the fight goes out of his wolf. They crumple as the life drains from them both. Anassa growls in pleasure at my action, but I can’t feel the same, watching this beautiful creature give up. It’s a sheer waste.
Asteio leans in with a snarl and rips out the Daemos wolf’s throat, her silver- white muzzle drenched in red.
I pant and circle around to anticipate the next attack, but Nevah and Tomi- son and the rest of the Strategos Bonded have drawn the bulk of the melee away from us.
“Thanks,” Izabel wheezes, rubbing her bruised throat before remounting.
“You’d have had him in pieces in another minute or two,” I reply with a tight smile, trying to cover how much that freaked me out, watching Iz in such a vulnerable position.
Fury Bound comes from Sable Sorensen, the pen name of two fantasy authors, Eliza and Annie. They bring their love of fantasy to life, capturing the hearts and minds of readers as swiftly as Anessa gets her enemies. There are beautiful bound editions of both sets to buy, with sprayed edges and gorgeous artwork on the inside covers.
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