Salt

Content : Salt is magic. Salt is power.
Nami, a girl from the Mouvant people, has Salt in her blood. This year, she will lead her clan’s caravan to the salt flats of Perlevent. Her dream is coming true—and with it, the hope of reuniting with Calist and Élian, her lifelong friends.
But the southern city no longer holds the sweet taste of childhood: ruled with an iron hand by the Dauphine and plagued by a mysterious group of rebels, it teeters on the brink of chaos. So, when the Mouvants are suspected of stealing the magical Salt from their own harvest, Nami vows to prove their innocence.
Between strained friendships and a budding romance, the young Mouvant must forge delicate alliances… and uncover secrets with far-reaching consequences.

"This isn’t just a story of magic and rebellion, but also a celebration of friendship that truly touched my heart." — Romy, Paris Bookshop (Saint-Étienne)

An original, unsystematised magic within a universe tinged with dreamlike wonder: a nomadic people with Salt running through their veins, magicians wielding runes of extraordinary power, and memory salts preserving the kingdom’s archives and deepest secrets…

An intense political intrigue: Driven by the mounting urgency of a kingdom plagued by misery, Salt highlights a society fractured by inequality and escalating violence on both sides. The Salt economy draws inspiration from a medieval tax that sparked peasant revolts, allowing the author to craft a social tapestry that is as realistic as it is deeply moving.