Salt (Thalassic Series Book 1)

Description

Seventeen-year-old Bird Howsley is struggling to find her place in a world where biochips are ubiquitous but habitable space on the planet is at a premium. Most of the world is underwater, and in Bird’s hometown of Brume, one of only seven cities left, sailing isn’t just a pastime: it’s the way of life. Unfortunately, Bird’s neurodivergence makes sailing difficult; in fact, life is pretty much one self-induced disaster to the next. How does she cope? By drinking. And by leaning on her only friend, Sargo Paz, a second-generation immigrant who has worked hard to prove himself an excellent sailor in a city where no one looks like him.

Now, a message from her long-lost brother has Bird questioning everything she thought she knew and “coping” (drinking) a lot. When she starts blacking out and waking up in unexpected places, she’s not sure if it’s her “stupid brain,” the drink, or the chip in her head that’s causing the “blips.”

Bird needs answers. But when her search for those answers takes a reckless turn, she puts herself and Sargo in the crosshairs of a dangerous underground organization that wants them dead. Forced to flee Brume, they sail into the Salt, where they battle harrowing seas, make shady deals with pirates, discover the depth of their feelings for each other, and learn that the organization they’re running from goes deeper than either of them suspected.