Marrow and Soul

<p><strong><em>Most of us spend our years dying.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Not Safran. She lives.</em></strong></p><p>From the Marrow Street slums to the Prince's Palace sixteen-year-old Safran is the best thief in Vitalia. She owes it all to two simple rules: 1. Live ferociously and 2. Don't die. Following them keeps Safran and her little brother Curt fed sheltered and one step ahead of the brutal White Cap patrols.</p><p>After she pulls off a particularly dangerous pastry heist a mysterious man in black offers Safran a chance to do the impossible: bring her parents back to life. All she has to do is steal the priceless Ghost Tablet from its carefully guarded vault in the Temple of the Soul.</p><p>Lured by the promise of protection for her brother Safran agrees to infiltrate the Temple-only to find herself in the middle of a centuries-old supernatural conflict. Suspicious priests dangerous trials and electric puppy-lizard-monsters test the limits of Safran's rules and force her to answer devastating questions:</p><p><strong>Who will she save? Who will she betray? And who is she willing to kill?</strong></p><p><em>Readers are saying:</em></p><p>...a nostalgic feel-good fantasy with lots of twists and worldbuilding...<strong>every task adventure and pastry heist had me on the edge of my seat!</strong></p><p>...a <strong>fast-paced thrilling fantasy</strong> unveiling the complexities around death...</p><p>Addison Horner vividly colors this new world with <strong>rich descriptions and characters that are complex and relatable</strong> with deep bonds and varying motivations...</p><p><em>Marrow and Soul</em> is the first book in the Vitalian Chronicles by Addison Horner.</p>