<p><b><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Morgan Rhodes takes listeners into exhilarating new high-fantasy territory with <i>A Book of Spirits and Thieves</i> an epic contemporary saga perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Diana Gabaldon's<i> Outlander.</i> </b></p><p>The lives of Toronto teens Crystal and Becca Hatcher revolve around helping their mother out at the family's used bookstore The Speckled Muse. It's a relatively uneventful after-school job until an package arrives addressed to her mother Julia. Thinking it's nothing more than run-of-the-mill inventory Becca opens it and removes the book inside unwittingly triggering an ancient magic and intertwining their fates with the powers that flow from the mysterious leather-bound book. Two parallel worlds collide and Becca is left in a catatonic state after her spirit is snatched from modern-day Toronto back to the ancient world of Mytica. Crys is guilt-ridden having witnessed the entire event and vows to do whatever is necessary to save her… but from what? Nothing has prepared them for what's in store.</p><p>Written in alternating perspectives that shift between modern-day Toronto and the ancient kingdoms of Mytica Rhodes delivers a rich and suspensful series opener that will leave listeners breathless.</p>