{"product_id":"dire-bound-deluxe-limited-edition-hardcover","title":"Dire Bound (Deluxe Limited Edition Hardcover)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy: Sable Sorensen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries: The Wolves of Ruin #1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eOnly the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeryn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Meryn’s world falls apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesperate 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEveryone 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the castle is hiding dark secrets…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Book Studio","offers":[{"title":"Just the book","offer_id":51675163033896,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Add to: Blind Date or Collection","offer_id":51675163066664,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/0966\/7368\/files\/81y4mCNHenL._SL1500.jpg?v=1775850573","url":"https:\/\/thebookstudio.co\/products\/dire-bound-deluxe-limited-edition-hardcover","provider":"The Book Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}