First published 2021
Arthur and Wally have just saved their city from monsters. Now the twelve-year-old former thieves want to join the Wardens of Weirdwood, protectors who guard the boundary between Real and Imaginary worlds. Their first challenge arrives when the sinister Order of Eldar creates a Rift connecting the living and the dead. The Order captures ghosts and displays them like carnival attractions, charging grieving families to see their departed loved ones. Spirits begin flooding into Kingsport through the supernatural breach. Arthur and Wally team up with Breeth, their ghostly companion, to stop the invasion. They must guide the displaced souls back across the Veil to their proper realm while battling the Order's schemes. The three friends face magical creatures, supernatural dangers, and an organization that profits from human sorrow. Their mission will test whether two young thieves can truly become defenders of the mystical border.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, supernatural, ghost-stories
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, supernatural-powers
Setting: Kingsport, Weirdwood
Audio CD · Macmillan Young Listeners