<b><b>“...A modern day <i>Outlander</i>…filled with adventure and danger…a breathless tale that only Morgan Rhodes could tell.”—Hypable</b><br><br><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Morgan Rhodes takes readers 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><br><br>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.<br><br>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 readers breathless.