Dire Bound

Meryn never wanted to be one of the Bonded, warriors tied to savage direwolves, but when her sister is kidnapped, she has no choice but to enter the deadly Bonding Trials to save her. Thrust into a world of secrets and rivalries sharper than fangs, Meryn must tread carefully, for every alliance hides a threat… and survival may demand more than she’s willing to give.

Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped - stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting - Meryn’s world falls apart. Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life. Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness. Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her - everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife … and the halls hide dark secrets.

Mondlicht Bücher Edition — Aus der Reihe „Die Wolves of Ruin“, Band 1. German language edition. Ausstattung der Schmuckausgabe: Schutzumschlag mit Heißfolienprägung von SaintJupiter; Hardcover mit vollflächiger Kaltfolie von Luxury Banshee; Farbschnittdesign von Vitkovskaya Art; Vor- und Nachsatz von Flavie. Are you ready to bond? Das aufregendste Leseerlebnis des Jahres für alle Fans von Hunger Games und Fourth Wing! Die junge Meryn Cooper hat Nocturnas Kriegerelite, die Gebundenen, schon immer gehasst. Denn während die Bevölkerung in Armut lebt, sind die Gebundenen reich, gnadenlos und durch ihr mentales Band zu riesigen Schattenwölfen unglaublich mächtig. Doch dann wird eines Nachts Meryns kleine Schwester Saela verschleppt, entführt von den Feinden, mit denen das Königreich seit Jahrhunderten im Krieg liegt – und Meryns Welt bricht zusammen. Um ihre Schwester zu retten, meldet sie sich freiwillig für die Armee. Als Meryn das brutale Auswahlverfahren übersteht und eine Schattenwölfin des Rudels ausgerechnet sie erwählt, hat es plötzlich jeder auf Meryn abgesehen. Die Ausbildung auf der königlichen Burg zu überleben, scheint ebenso unmöglich, wie Saela zu finden, und ihr attraktiver Ausbilder Stark Therion ist nicht weniger gefährlich als die Wölfe selbst ... Penguin x Mondlicht, 832 Seiten, ISBN 978-3-912560-04-6.

Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them… Meryn Cooper has never dreamed of being one of the Bonded, the King’s elite warriors who form mental links with massive, vicious direwolves. She’s made peace with her life scraping by in poverty in the shadows of the castle. But then her younger sister Saela is kidnapped, stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting. And Meryn’s world falls apart. Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army—only to discover that there are Bonding Trials this year, where all soldiers are forced to risk their lives in an attempt to connect with a direwolf. It’s too late to turn back; Meryn is thrown into the deadly competition against her will. Now, she’ll need to survive the next four months of training at the castle if she wants a chance of finding Saela. Everything here is a test, from the brutal classes where one mistake means death, to the glittering court parties where every smile hides a knife. To make things worse, Meryn is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her gorgeous instructor, Stark Therion, is as malicious as the wolves himself. Everyone is out to get her—everyone but the dangerously handsome crown prince, Killian Valtiere. But if she loses her heart to him, she may also lose her life. And the castle is hiding dark secrets…