An Auction of Souls

In Amber Chen's new duology opener, Meng Lingxi and her grandmother run a renowned auction house, but their world is turned upside down when a mysterious traveler brings a dangerous soul fragment and her grandmother disappears. Joined by unlikely allies—guardians of hell—they embark on a perilous quest to uncover secrets about their home, which is secretly a gateway to the underworld, and to prevent chaos from erupting into the mortal realm.