7:30 AM. The international terminal of a major European airport is poised on the brink of chaos.

7:35 AM. Pangaean Airlines, Europe's premier carrier, is placed into receivership, cancelling all flights and impoundind thousands of items of luggage.

The Yin and Yang Book follows the complicated web of events stemming from a suitcase, a stolen van Gogh painting, one woman on the run from her employers and the consequences of her decision to stay or go.

Written by 20 authors, under the auspices of editors Jodi Cleghorn and Paul Anderson, The Yin and Yang Book is a collection of interconnected short stories, criss-crossing parallel airport universes.