Song of the Saltings


A monster. A girl. A Sacrifice.

On the isolated island of Brack, the people live by an ancient bargain: every year, a sacrifice must be made to the Glimm, the creature that haunts the salt marshes.

Eight years after the monster spared her, 16-year-old Lotta tends the Council’s sacrificial horses and keeps her distance from the villagers who whisper about her fate.

But something is stirring. The island is dying. It hums beneath her feet, and a song threads through her dreams. Is the Glimm calling Lotta back?

A chance encounter with Moss, a village outcast, will change both their lives, and the fate of the island, forever. To uncover Brack’s deepest secrets, Lotta and Moss will need to trust each other and risk everything they hold dear.

Because on Brack, monsters come in many forms.

USA & Canada May 2026

Margaret K. McElderry Books

United Kingdom July 2026

Guppy Books

FOR READERS 12+

REVIEWS

A lyrical and haunting ballad of bleak salt flats, buried secrets and deep, ancient magic –– I devoured it.

Lili WilkinsonDeep is the Fen

Vivid, gripping and deeply atmospheric, reaching down into the deep mythic roots of legend, Song of the Saltings thrillingly explores the ancient power of belief to bind us together or destroy us collectively… I was hooked from the first page to the last.

Noelle McCarthyGrand

A tense folk-horror fable exploring community, class and control. Richly imagined and deeply resonant

Darren SimpsonThirst

Utterly gripping and hauntingly beautiful.

Lucy StrangeSisters of the Lost Marsh

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