The Salt Oracle

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026

Lorraine Wilson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Profile Books Ltd

Published:5th Nov '26

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The second novel set in the world of We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by award-winning author Lorraine Wilson

* SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD * 'Exquisite' - FINANCIAL TIMES 'Weird, rich and ultimately rewarding' - GUARDIAN It's been seventeen years since the internet crashed and left the world broken... Auli lives on the Bellwether, a floating college safe from the conflict of the mainland, where she studies the Oracle - an uncanny girl who channels dangerous ghosts and provides lost information about the world's seas. Her peaceful world is shattered when her beloved mentor is found dead. While most aboard believe it was due to natural causes, Auli discovers that he was not the benign leader he seemed - and that his death might be deliberate. Surrounded by people with their own motives and secrets, Auli doesn't know who to trust. Worse, the Oracle is attracting dangerous ghosts that threaten everyone aboard. With the Bellwether fracturing from internal and external pressures, she is forced to wrestle with a life-changing decision: save the Oracle or save the Bellwether - and all the lives that depend on it.

Exquisite * Financial Times *
Weird, rich and ultimately rewarding * The Guardian *
By turns haunting and horrifying, this tale is ultimately humane and hopeful. This is a book that deserves your attention -- Gareth Brown, bestselling author of THE BOOK OF DOORS

  • Short-listed for Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026 (UK)

ISBN: 9781837865758

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 32mm

Weight: 280g

416 pages

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