Saltcrop

Praise for Saltcrop:

‘Set in a watery world of environmental catastrophe, Saltcrop is a moving testament to the distant places we’ll sail to in order to salvage the earth and our families. Part eco-thriller, part sisterhood epic, Kitasei has written an unforgettable novel that teems with big ideas and abundant heart.’ Michelle Min Sterling, New York Times bestselling author of Camp Zero

‘This is a beautiful book about the people you’d cross oceans for. A brilliant triumph and a heartfelt love letter to the siblings we don’t understand but are irrevocably sworn to.’ J.R. Dawson, award-winning author of The First Bright Thing

‘Saltcrop’s near-future world of blight and corporate greed is terrifyingly plausible, but this is a story of resilience and survival, and of the strength of family bonds. The novel finds beauty in the natural world, even as it is exploited and threatened, and it finds hope in the messy, relatable, and life-affirming love between the Shimizu sisters. Urgent and gorgeously written, Saltcrop is an adventure, a family drama, an ecological thriller, and above all a story of ordinary humans doing extraordinary things.’ Sarah Brooks, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands

‘The blighted and ruined landscapes the Shimizu sisters traverse, and the disease-struck, semi-feral communities they encounter, all feel dangerously nearby, a world three minutes into the the future of our present disastrous trajectory. The love they bear for each other, even if it’s often tangled up in old pains and many mutual irritations, make even that future feel survivable. Get a copy of Saltcrop for all the perpetually warring siblings you know.’ Vajra Chandrasekera, author of the Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus award-winning The Saint of Bright Doors

Yume Kitasei is the author of The Deep Sky and The Stardust Grail. She is Japanese and American and grew up in a space between two cultures-the same space where her stories reside. She lives in Brooklyn with two cats, Boondoggle and Filibuster. Her stories have appeared in publications including New England Review, Catapult, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Baltimore Review.