The Salt King
An end of the world thriller, packed with dazzling wit and romance
$32.03
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
18 August 2026
Summary
Avelyn Brocken is a Jesuit at the Vatican. Originally from the salt mining town of Hreodwater in East Anglia, his only ambition is never to go back. But when rumours of miracles being performed there are followed by a bizarre video showing that someone trying to leave the enclave has been turned to salt, the Vatican foreign ministry summons him.
The isolated Hreodwater salt mine has its own culture, its own language, and its own faith - the worship of the Salt King, the sleeping god o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399632973 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399632973 |
| Author: | Natasha Pulley, Luke R. Francis |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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Critics Review
Gripping and heartfelt, this prismatic novel is more than worth its salt * Kirkus Reviews *A compelling religious alternate-history mystery * Library Journal *The Salt King is a multi-genre marvel, a concoction that’s equal parts adventure tale, tender-hearted romance, and apocalyptic vision * Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni Trilogy *Like an apocalyptic X-Files episode, this complex, existential outing from Pulley relishes putting belief to the test and offers no easy answers to the age-old debate, even as she conjures a heart-binding romance * Publisher’s Weekly *
About The Author
Natasha Pulley
NATASHA PULLEY is the internationally bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. She has won a Betty Trask Award, been shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award, and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and been longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize.
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