Taste of Salt and Iron

In the inverted city of Salinae, sin is not a metaphor. It is a salt that kills.

Mina Vallow is a Sin-Taster. In a world carved miles deep into a magical salt flat, the guilt of the wealthy calcifies on their skin like a deadly frost. To save them, Mina must lick the salt from their bodies, absorbing their sins so they can remain pure. She is a member of the lowest caste-perpetually thirsty, reviled, and necessary.

Daven Krell is the Geode-Warden. He hunts the "Calcified"-those fully consumed...