Taken with a grain of Salt
Anyone can be taken - a simple truth for Salt folk, a stark reality for innocent teens Garrett Weaver and Kellen Winstel. Kidnapped by Selkie slave catchers and dragged into the realm beneath the waves, both teens must adapt to their new surroundings if they hope to see the shore again. Yet even if they escape their captors, both will need to embrace their fears. For darker things than Selkies lurk in the Salted depths and not all of them have pure intentions for the innocent ones brought down into their watery world.
Anyone can be taken - a simple truth for Salt folk, a stark reality for innocent teens Garrett Weaver and Kellen Winstel. Kidnapped by Selkie slave catchers and dragged into the realm beneath the waves, both teens must adapt to their new surroundings if they hope to see the shore again. Yet even if they escape their captors, both will need to embrace their fears. For darker things than Selkies lurk in the Salted depths and not all of them have pure intentions for the innocent ones brought down into their watery world.
SaltedLife isn't better under the sea. Lenny Dolan is all too familiar with this reality. A Selkie slave in the realm beneath the waves, he has no choice when charged with leading a crew ashore to capture an elusive runaway. If unsuccessful, the loved ones kept behind will pay for his failure with their lives. But when their target leads Lenny and his crew to deeper, darker secrets, the Selkies are faced with a moral dilemma. Secure their own freedom at the expense of others, or return empty-handed to face the grisly consequences? How Lenny and his crew answer the question will teach them the harshest truth of all. Only through the loss of innocence does one become Salted.
Sydney Gao has a secret – she’s a mermaid.
Unfortunately, her mother forbade her from
telling anyone and kept Sydney land-locked in the Midwest all her life. After
learning Selkie slavers kidnapped her best friend Garrett Weaver, Sydney ran
away in hopes of rescuing him. Succeeding, she thought all her dreams of
finding others like her to swim with had finally come true.
But Garrett is different now.
No longer the goofy, fun-loving guy she
remembered, he’s more concerned about his Selkie friends than Sydney. Worse,
her mother is also mad at Sydney for putting herself in danger and not thinking
about the consequences of her actions.
Sydney can’t understand any of it. All she’s
ever wanted is to finally see and explore the Salt capital city of New Pearlaya
and to share her secret with someone.
What Sydney doesn’t know is that the Salt is
far from the place where dreams come true…and she isn’t the only one who’s been
keeping secrets.
