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  • Published: 27 February 2024
  • ISBN: 9781368081634
  • Imprint: Disney Publishing
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $39.99

A Reckless Oath




“A spellbinding debut brimming with adventure, romance, and loveable characters you’ll gladly follow into the shadows.”—Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Lore, on A Ruinous Fate

In this sequel to the spellbinding A Ruinous Fate, written by the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the Wicked Games series, action, romance, and magic abound as Calla and friends must deal with their losses and come to grips with their own part to play in the Fates’ War ahead.

In this sequel to the spellbinding A Ruinous Fate, more action, romance, and magic abound as Calla and friends must deal with their losses and come to grips with their own part to play in the Fates’ War ahead.

After the heart-wrenching death at the end of A Ruinous Fate, Calla and the other witches are sent reeling. Still stuck in the deadly Neverending Forest, the group must decide their next steps as the Fates’ War looms near. Calla, torn between past allegiances and new circumstances, finds herself pushing away the one person who can unlock her future. 

With the still-beating heart in her hand, Amina is finally able to return to her home in the Land of the Valkyries. But when she finds that everything she left behind has irrevocably changed in the six years she’s been gone, she turns her sights to revenge on the one who banished her all those years ago: the Valkyrie Queen. 

Meanwhile, everyone’s favorite siren, Delphine, has been dragged down into the depths of the sea, and is imprisoned by the ruthless Siren leader. As past lovers turn into enemies and former foes into allies, Delphine must navigate the dangerous court and her play her part until she’s able to escape and return to the surface.

From deep within Siren’s Sea to the skies above the Land of the Valkyries, A Reckless Oath takes readers on a new journey where stunning revelations will have them questioning everything.

  • Published: 27 February 2024
  • ISBN: 9781368081634
  • Imprint: Disney Publishing
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $39.99

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Praise for A Reckless Oath

Praise for A Ruinous Fate

“A spellbinding debut brimming with adventure, romance, and loveable characters you’ll gladly follow into the shadows of their vivid world. The stakes couldn’t be higher, and the twists are as unpredictable as a roll of the dice.”—Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Lore

A Ruinous Fate is filled with fantasy tropes you know and love, made all the richer with a diverse cast of magical beings. A story about the power of defying fate and fighting for the ones you love, this action-packed fantasy adventure and high stakes roll of the dice is like playing Dungeons & Dragons with your best friends! I’m at the edge of my seat until book two!”—Aiden Thomas, New York Times best-selling author of Cemetery Boys and Lost in the Never Woods

"A whimsical, action-packed thrillride." —Adrienne Tooley, author of Sweet & Bitter Magic

“With an unforgettable cast and stratospherically high stakes, A Ruinous Fate is a lush debut that explores what it means to take control of your own destiny despite the cards, or dice, you’ve been given. Smith expertly weaves swoon-worthy romance into an action-packed plot, and readers will root for Calla to choose herself and change her fate."Andrea Hannah, author of Where Darkness Blooms