The Salt Oracle (Hardback)

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Seventeen years after the internet crashed, the world is still broken. On the Bellwether, a huge floating college set apart from the politics and war of the mainland, Auli works on a research team studying the Oracle, an uncanny girl who channels dangerous ghosts. The scientists record everything she says, using her words to piece together maps, weather forecasts, and any knowledge that might make the region’s hazardous waters safer for shipping cartels and local fishermen alike.

Auli’s faith in the work is shaken when her mentor, Boudain, reveals a plan to create more human Oracles, turning one girl’s power into security for the Bellwether and perhaps a return to a new, warped digital age. The next day, she finds him dead.

Reluctantly promoted to lead the team, Auli investigates and uncovers the corrupt heart of the institute she has served. As ghosts and even the seas around them begin to mutate, she is forced towards a life changing choice: save the Oracle, or save the Bellwether and the lives that depend on it.