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
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