The Winged Game

Fantasy meets sports romance in this sizzling slow-burn novel in which the disgraced star of a brutal magical sport must team up with the rival who destroyed her career, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The God and the Gumiho.

This trophy-worthy first edition hardcover features designed sprayed edges, illustrated endpapers with a high-flying romantic moment, and a deluxe jacket with sculpture emboss and foil--show off your team colors, while supplies last!

"Fourth Wing-meets-rugby is something I didn't know I needed in my life, but now I'm obsessed. The Winged Game is going to be the next big thing for sure!"--Ruby Dixon, New York Times bestselling author

Carriwitchet, the violent, rugby-esque game played atop winged beasts, was once Taissa Cho's whole life, and she was once the United Kingdom's most promising player. Until her nemesis, rival player Kion Locke, destroyed her career in a single moment. Expelled from the sport in disgrace, Taissa has spent the last two years dreaming of nothing but revenge and relishing watching Kion's team plummet to the bottom of the league.

So when Taissa is offered the chance to redeem herself and her career, she can't refuse--even if the offer is coming from the very man who ruined everything in the first place. It's close to a dream come true . . . except for that pesky clause in her contract that demands she and Kion enter a fake relationship in order to garner some much-needed positive PR for the team. This could not be a worse match. Taissa and Kion only have two things in common: their love of the game, and their undying hatred for each other.

Yet as a mysterious illness befalls the winged creatures of the entire league--putting both the beasts' lives and the very sport itself at stake--the athletes find themselves partnering up in other ways, determined to crack the case of the eerie sickness. As their investigation takes them on a whirlwind adventure, Kion and Taissa are prepared for anything . . .

Anything, that is, but their fake-for-the-cameras relationship to maybe, just maybe, become something real after all.

Author: Sophie Kim
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: 06/30/2026
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.39h x 6.47w x 1.69d
ISBN: 9780593983362


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2026
Library Journal 04/01/2026 pg. 52
Publishers Weekly 04/06/2026
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2026

About the Author
Sophie Kim is a #1 Sunday Times bestselling author with a penchant for writing stories about mythology, monsters, mysteries, and magic. Her critically acclaimed work includes young adult novels such as the Talons series and books on the adult spectrum such as The God and the Gumiho, The God and the Gwisin, and The Winged Game.