by Maurice Gee · Orca Book Publishers · tapa dura · ISBN 9781554692095
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«Salt» is the adventure and fantasy novel by Maurice Gee, published by Orca Book Publishers in hardcover (272 pages, in English).
Hari sets out to rescue his father Tarl, enslaved in Deep Salt, a place from which no one returns. Along the way he is joined by Pearl, fleeing a forced marriage, and her maid Tealeaf. Together they cross the wastelands to uncover the secrets of Deep Salt and face the terror threatening their world.
First installment of the Salt trilogy; winner of the New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Award (2008).
Aimed at young readers aged 12 and up and fans of dystopian fantasy and adventure.
Maurice Gough Gee was a New Zealand novelist. He was one of New Zealand's most distinguished and prolific authors, having written over thirty novels for adults and children, and having won numerous awards both in New Zealand and overseas, including multiple top prizes at the New Zealand Book Awards, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the UK, the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, the Robert Burns Fellowship and a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. In 2003, he was recognised as one of New Zealand's greatest living artists across all disciplines by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, which presented him with an Icon Award.
