{"product_id":"salt-mother-r-d-parrish-9798181638839","title":"Salt Mother: The Island is Waking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSALT MOTHER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe island shouldn't be warm.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarine biologist Eliza Holt returns to Brackish Key to settle her mother's estate. The barrier island should be quiet-tourists gone, storm season over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, the sand holds heat overnight. The tide moves wrong. Organisms wash ashore in stages of impossible change-tissues dissolving and \u003ci\u003erebuilding\u003c\/i\u003e at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer mother's recordings offer no comfort: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It was never just land. And we're running out of time.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen fissures open and vent warm fluid, Eliza realizes the island is responding to something. Pressure cycles. Internal rhythms. Restructuring from beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThen the holiday tourists arrive.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslucent organisms emerge from the fissures-silent, methodical, focused. They don't attack. They repair damage. Seal roads. Block access to unstable zones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil evacuation begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoats destabilize. Docks collapse. Anyone who interferes is immobilized and drawn inward. Not eaten. Not killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRepurposed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe island isn't waking. It's \u003ci\u003efinishing\u003c\/i\u003e something that started long before humans built houses on it. And when the process completes, Brackish Key will vanish as cleanly as if it never existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliza has one chance to understand what her mother discovered too late: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome ground was never meant to hold weight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCoastal body horror for readers who crave\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation's\u003c\/i\u003e biological dread and \u003ci\u003eThe Ruins'\u003c\/i\u003e tightening trap. The island doesn't explain itself. It just completes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. D. Parrish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181638839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"R. D. Parrish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173989163263,"sku":"9798181638839","price":10.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6a1a699-3e5d-45a6-89ca-9930da706a84.jpg?v=1788957297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salt-mother-r-d-parrish-9798181638839","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}