{"product_id":"the-salt-grows-heavy","title":"The Salt Grows Heavy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Best Horror Book of 2023 ( The New York Times, Library Journal) - A Best Book of 2023 (NPR) - A Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award Finalist! - An Indie Next Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mermaid and her doctor must embrace the cruelest parts of their true nature if they hope to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the bonus short story, \"And In Our Daughters, We Find a Voice\", set in the same universe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCASSANDRA KHAW\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Library at Hellebore, Nothing But Blackened Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Grows Heavy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreakable Things\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Take the A Train \u003c\/i\u003ewith Richard Kadrey. They are an award-winning game writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cassandra Khaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504147763485,"sku":"9781250417978","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781250417978.jpg?v=1760644194","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/the-salt-grows-heavy","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}