Australian debut author Sophie Clark has become an instant bestseller with the first in her romantasy duology, Cruel is the Light. The FairyLoot YA subscription box pick for January 2025, it moved 13,303 physical copies in its first half-week according to Nielsen, coming top of the Children’s & YA chart and second overall, topped only by Rebecca Yarros’s Onyx Storm.

An early draft of the novel was originally selected for a mentorship position with #PitchWars on Twitter. A bold and sweeping romantasy set in a demon-infested alternate Europe, elite soldier and exorcist Selene Alleva finds herself joining forces with foot soldier Jules Lacroix to unearth a terrible secret at the heart of the holy Vatican City.

Sophie Clark is represented by Josh Adams at Adams Literary, and Christabel McKinley  in the UK and Australia. Please contact Adams Literary for film/TV rights queries.