{"product_id":"the-old-places-paperback","title":"The Old Places - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Todd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Anderle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058195415179,"sku":"9798897900909","price":36.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/kEMYlqVC5f9798897900909.webp?v=1779537020","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-old-places-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}