Old Souls

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Chris Olsen has a good life. He has a regular job, a wife and daughter who love him, and a promising future. By any measure this is a good life, but it isn't his first. When a troubling encounter with a homeless man triggers something inside Chris, memories of his past lives bubble to the surface. A lost Chinese boy, a wailing grandmother, and a love so powerful it never left his soul-all compete for his attention. As Chris sinks deeper into the seedy and seductive world of "grave robbers," vagrants known for their ability to relive their former lives, he discovers that he must find closure to a tragic episode in his past without losing himself in the process.

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"Reincarnation is a perennial theme in literature, but it's handled here with surprising twists and turns that reveal an emotional rawness that speaks directly to the human experience...With two industry veterans at the helm, it's no surprise that this succeeds on every level." --Booklist

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Brian McDonald has worked in film, television, and comic books for more than thirty years. His work includes Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate and the HBO award-winning short film, White Face. McDonald has worked as a speaker and story consultant for such clients such as Disney Feature Animation and Cirque du Soleil. Les McClaine is the Eisner-nominated author of Johnny Crossbones, Life With Leslie, Repeat Until Death, and Highway 13. He has also illustrated numerous comics including The Tick and The Middleman. His other illustration credits include Tune: Still Life and Head Games: The Graphic Novel, both from First Second. lesmcclaine.com