The first novel in the “Salt” series.
Once, in the families of ordinary people, unusual children began to be born. They were called the Firstborn, true healers, priests of the two-faced god. Their gift was unique, rare, and desired. Who doesn’t dream of saving a loved one? Many are ready to give up their dearest things just to restore someone’s health. And only a few are able to tolerate refusal… Her name is Salt. And she is left alone against the world and the gift she never asked for.
Once, she chose the life of a hermit in the very heart of the lifeless desert of Elio — turning from a healer into a keeper of memories of her fellow sufferers. But life never asks what the one so generously rewarded by the Two-Faced One wants — and so for Salt, it’s only just beginning…