Salt Upon the Water

1836. At the edge of empire, a woman arrives to claim her past. And her future.

Clarissa FitzRoy, a spirited woman of mixed heritage, has crossed oceans to confront Colonel William Light, the Surveyor-General of South Australia.

Bound by a shared history of dispossession by the British East India Company and haunted by secrets, Clarissa and Light must grapple with truths neither is prepared to face.

Set against the stark beauty of the South Australian coast, Salt Upon the Water is a powerfu...