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The Salt Grows Heavy
Cassandra Khaw
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The Salt Grows Heavy
Cassandra Khaw
From Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairy tale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself.
"This brilliant novella is not to be missed." -Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
"With this brilliantly constructed tale... Khaw cements their status as a must-read author." -Library Journal, STARRED review
An Indie Next Pick!
You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes.
On the run, the mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor with a darkness of their own.
Deep in the eerie, snow-crusted forest, the pair stumble upon a village of ageless children who thirst for blood, and the three "saints" who control them.
The mermaid and her doctor must embrace the cruelest parts of their true nature if they hope to survive.
Also by Cassandra Khaw:
Nothing But Blackened Teeth
A Song for Quiet
Hammers on Bone
The Dead Take the A Train (co-written with Richard Kadrey)
112 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 2, 2023 |
| ISBN13 | 9781250830913 |
| Publishers | Tor Publishing Group |
| Pages | 112 |
| Dimensions | 217 × 145 × 16 mm · 216 g |
| Language | English |
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