The Salt Line: Holly Goddard Jones - Softcover

PRAISE FOR THE SALT LINE

"Jones' darkly clever worldbuilding creates a nightmare that seems far from unthinkable...It's The Hunger Games meets The Godfather meets Robin Cook, with female characters playing all the key roles. Hell, yeah."- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Th[e] mystery-like structure keeps the reader guessing as Jones switches seamlessly from evocative pastoral descriptions of North Carolina and Tennessee to action-packed scenes of violence...At once dark, disturbing, and highly enjoyable, this is a timely novel bursting with ideas."- Booklist

"The Salt Line is a 'literary thriller' that manages to fulfill each side of that phrase with admirable vigor. It's both gripping and emotionally resonant, both suspenseful and heartfelt. Holly Goddard Jones has a true storyteller's instinct for suspense, along with a deep gift for empathy. She'll make your heart race as you turn the pages, and then she'll crack it open a little before she's through." - Scott Smith, author of The Ruins and A Simple Plan

"With this intense, arrestingly vivid fever dream, Holly Goddard Jones fully realizes a completely original and wholly terrifying dystopian nightmare. Jones's wild, ventriloquist talent unfurls in this novel like never before. Each magnetic character in The Salt Line is boldly alive to the novel's world, at once monstrous, uncanny, and yet entirely ours." - Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Gold Fame Citrus and Battleborn

PRAISE FOR THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME

"Impressive...[Jones] also has a precise eye and empathy to burn, bringing many of her characters to well-rounded life." - The New York Times

"[A]n astoundingly good novel...Jones writes with authority and a deep generosity...The result is simply mesmerizing." - Gillian Flynn

"So rich in character...An immensely satisfying and skillful debut novel." - Kate Atkinson

"A genre-defying novel filled with mystery...Beautifully articulate." - USA Today

PRAISE FOR GIRL TROUBLE

"The beauty of these stories (and they are exhilarating) stems from how deeply we're pulled into this complex world, nudged to recognize the thin line between missed opportunity and despair, inarticulate love and loss." - O Magazine

"Gritty, eloquent dispatches from the heartland...Jones' hauntingly accomplished language lifts the mundane to the level of profound tragedy." - Chicago Tribune

"Jones' sparkling debut collection zeroes in on lonely searching souls making do in a quiet Kentucky town." - People

"Holly Goddard Jones is blessed with wisdom beyond her years, a gimlet eye, and an enviable literary talent; her debut collection...is a fierce and exhilarating achievement." - Claire Messud

"A grand debut of a writer who is assured, sensitive, and wonderfully skillful...A marvellous work of heartbreaking wisdom." - Edward P. Jones

"Jones has a voice as expansive, complex, and beautiful as the country itself." - Joshua Ferris --Joshua Ferris

In an unspecified future, the United States' borders have receded behind a salt line - a ring of scorched earth that protects its citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks. Those within the zone live safe lives in a society controlled by a common fear. Few have any reason to venture out of zone, except for the adrenaline junkies who pay a fortune to tour what's left of nature. Once out of zone, this group finds itself at the mercy of deadly ticks - and at the centre of a murderous plot. How far are they are willing to go to get to the right side of the salt line?. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.