{"product_id":"the-old-places-michael-todd-9798897900909","title":"The Old Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive thousand gold. Thirty days. And a seven-foot woman who kills Anchors by breakfast.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Vance is Rust Tier. Bottom of the barrel. The Guild took one look at his mana capacity and laughed him off the testing stage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow his father's dead, the Guild's debt collectors are circling, and he's got thirty days before they start auctioning his kidneys.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThen he cracks open a Spirit Ball that should have stayed closed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaela is seven feet of curves, scars, and barely contained fury. A Vargr berserker who's been trapped in darkness for fifty years. She needs mana to survive. Lots of it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe kind of mana that burns through Anchors like tissue paper.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick should be a dried-out husk when he resurrects her. Instead, he's already refilling. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she's looking at him like he's the most interesting thing she's seen in a very long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guild measures capacity. They never thought to measure flow.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow Nick has a seven-foot warrior woman bonded to him, enemies crawling out of the shadows, and a family secret others are willing to kill for. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debt is impossible. The deadline is closing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd Kaela isn't the only powerful Spirit Nick can help.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan a young man everyone dismissed and the dangerous women drawn to his power survive long enough to flip the table on the bastards who set him up? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOr will the secrets buried in the Old Places consume them both?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Todd,Michael Anderle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798897900909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lmbpn Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.85d","brand":"Michael Todd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440770035967,"sku":"9798897900909","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbfce6fd-ef03-4569-b787-f66882116edf.jpg?v=1777184691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-old-places-michael-todd-9798897900909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}