The God in the Salt

The God in the Salt

The coreless are nothing. Everyone in the monastery knows it. Solren has spent his life preparing the flesh of gods he is forbidden to taste.

When a courier collapses in the kitchens with a god's heart in his satchel and the reckoners' footsteps are already in the corridor, Solren makes the worst decision of his life.

He swallows it.

Now the monastery that owns him is searching for the missing heart, the one man who might protect him is hiding secrets of his own, and the thing in Solren's chest is getting warmer.

The census is coming. And the books must balance—whether in hearts or bodies.

The Unlicensed God-Eater

Four hundred miles east, there's a bounty on an unlicensed eater. The instructions are simple: bring him back whole.

Solren is alone, newly Awakened, and a danger to himself every time he eats. Bounty crews read the notices and do the sums. A principled Holder of the Salt Confederacy is closing in. And the only person who seems to understand what Solren is happens to be a drunk, disgraced God-Eater who would very much rather not get involved.

Meanwhile, the coal beneath Solren's ribs has started to talk.