Fate's BaneWarring clans. Burning hearts. Deadly fate. The clans of the fens enjoy a tenuous peace, and it is all thanks to Agnir, ward and hostage. For as long as she can remember she has lived among the enemy, learning their ways, growing strong alongside their children. When a burgeoning love for the chieftains daughter lures them both to a hidden spring, a magic awakens in them that could bind the clans under one banner at lastor destroy any hope of peace.