Sable Sorensen burst into the scene with their big debut, Dire Bound, and we’ve been waiting ever since for any news of what is to come with The Wolves of Ruin series. And now the writing duo—Eliza and Annie—are taking us back to Meryn’s heartpounding world as we jump right back into her story, but with some fun new IRL surprises that will definitely get fans excited for what comes next!
Cosmopolitan has an exclusive first look at Fury Bound, which is set to be released on May 5, 2026, by Requited.
“This sequel has been a true labor of love for us and we can’t wait to get it out in the world. Meryn’s story picks up directly after the end of Dire Bound and jumps straight back into pulse-pounding action,” Sable Sorensen told Cosmopolitan.
But before we dive into that fun, we also got a special other surprise to reveal! Dire Bound is getting a stunning deluxe edition that you definitely are going to want to add to your shelves when its released on March 3, 2026.
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“We’re absolutely screaming over this gorgeous deluxe edition! It’s next-level cool to see one of our favorite lines that we wrote in foil on the hardback case, and the sprayed edges are a perfect compliment to the cover. It was a dream to have Koti Komori create all new art for the endpapers of this edition—we just about fainted when we saw it come in, and we know readers are going to love it too,” they said.
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Basically, it will absolutely be the perfect re-read as you catch up to Fury Bound’s big release! It also matches Fury Bound’s deluxe edition sprayed edges, so you can have both hardcover versions! You can check out the exclusive cover reveal below:
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But we’re obviously wondering what is next for Meryn! Well check out an exclusive excerpt below, but not before one last word from Sable Sorensen:
“Readers have been asking us if there are additional POV characters in book 2 and we’re very excited to exclusively reveal that yes, there is one additional POV character in Fury Bound. If you’ve read Dire Bound, we promise that it’s exactly the character that you’re hoping for!”
Read on to find out what to expect next! Don’t forget to pre-order Fury Bound and don’t forget to also pick up your copy of the deluxe edition of Dire Bound!
An Excerpt From Fury Bound
By Sable Sorensen
The below excerpt contains major spoilers for Dire Bound.
It will be morning soon.
My body has been operating on adrenaline alone, and the sudden reminder that so much time has passed settles a heavy blanket of exhaustion over me. I rub my eyes, struggling to keep them open.
“I’ll…” I pause, trying to remember what I was going to say. “I’ll speak to everyone in the morning, then. You should get some rest.”
I don’t realize I’m tilting over until my foot snags on stone in a clumsy, futile attempt to catch myself. I thud into Stark’s chest, his calloused, tattooed hands closing around my arms.
His touch sears me back towards momentary wakefulness, and I push him off, blinking rapidly.
“Go to bed,” he says gruffly.
“Absolutely not.” I’m too tired to even glare. “I’m not leaving Saela’s side.”
Stark huffs and drags his hand through his hair. He marches past me, Aldrich and Helene trailing in his wake, and grumbles something that sounds an awful lot like, “Stubborn woman.”
Saela has quieted down somewhat. She still thuds herself against the bars repeatedly, but she does it weakly now, her temple just barely tapping the iron. Her eyes settle on nothing, see nothing.
A few minutes later, a loud scraping sound jars me from my misery. Stark sets a sleeping pallet down on the dungeon floor. He swipes his hand over it to remove some dust, then pats it like he’s trying to convince me it’ll be comfortable.
I thud down onto it without argument, too weary to try to find something to fight him about. But I’m determined to stay awake to watch over Saela, so I lay on my side as Stark settles in beside me, back against the stone wall.
I can’t help it, though. My eyes are too heavy, and no matter how much I resist it, I feel them close.
The familiar spiraling sensation of falling into a dream hits me. I open my eyes to try to stay awake.
But I’m not in the dungeon anymore.
I’m somewhere dark, a room of unending grays and shadows, with no floors or walls or ceilings. The shadows swirl around my feet like fog.
It feels too real to be a dream and my breath catches in panic.
Turning, I look in every direction, but there’s nothing but the endless expanse.
“You’re finally here, my child,” says a deep, echoing, eerie male voice—the same voice that’s been speaking to me all along. The voice that told me to get the crown. Whose voice?
And where is it coming from? My gut churns with the feeling that something is very wrong.
I whip around, looking for the source, but there’s nothing there still. The shadows trail upward like smoke. They drip downward like stalactites. I start to shiver.
Where am I, I open my mouth to ask, but no sound comes out.
“You’re here, but you’ve let open a door you cannot close…and so he’s here, too,” the voice tells me.
He’s angry with me, I can tell—whoever he is. A tremor of fear skitters through me.
The shadows start to swirl violently, spinning around me, closing in. The funnel of darkness tightens and tightens, until it starts to wrap around my throat and choke me.
I scream in my sleep and awake with a breathy gasp. My nails dig into the cot. I’m not sure how long I was out, but Anassa and Cratos must have returned and left again because there’s a dead elk in Saela’s cell.
And a gruesome sea of blood staining the stones.
My sister is asleep in a ball on the floor, her entire face and arms up to her elbows drenched in gore.
I swallow down the sobs as I sit up. Stark is still asleep, propped up against the wall, his head leaned against stone. It can’t be comfortable there.
Moving over, I kneel beside him. His thick, dark lashes twitch as he dreams. I reach out to touch him. Just to wake him, I tell myself.
But before I can, pain spikes through my head. I wince as my hand flies up to the spot of agony. It’s invasive, like someone is slowly pressing a needle into my temple, deeper and deeper, inch by inch.
And once it’s lodged deep enough, I hear it.
Him.
Excerpted from Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen. Copyright © 2026. Reprinted with permission of Requited. All rights reserved.
Fury Bound, by Sable Sorensen will be released on May 5, 2026 by Requited. To preorder the book, click on the retailer of your choice:
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Dire Bound (Deluxe Edition), by Sable Sorensen will be released on March 3, 2026 by Requited. To preorder the book, click on the retailer of your choice:
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