The Salt King

Natasha Pulley

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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 then enclave has been turn 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 of the mine. Any investigation into their miracles requires someone who understands all three. Avelyn must go. Returning to Hreodwater, with its unique salt light, and ability to destroy anything electronic within minutes, is personally challenging for Avelyn, who escaped the cult - and the Salt King - as a child. But eruptions of salt are happening all over the world. People are being turned into salt statues without warning, and their frequency is increasin


Author(s): Pulley, Natasha
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 20/08/2026
Pagination: 432 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Gollancz
Published By: Orion
Book Classification: Horror & supernatural fiction|Folklore, myths & legends
Dimensions: 236 x 158 x 42
Weight: 700
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781399632966

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