Crowns of Salt
A Sweeping Fantasy of a Blood Oath and a Shattered Realm, and the Secret That Could Burn Two Kingdoms DownBy Russell Q. Foxley
Length8h 2m
About this audiobook
Her son is turning to stone.
The only man who can save him is the one whose family massacred her father.
Samara has spent ten years bleeding for Ashara. As queen, she has held crumbling borders together through drought, betrayal, and salt-winds that scour every field bare. She has done the impossible before.
But she cannot save her son.
The salt-curse is calcifying twelve-year-old Prince Adil from the inside out. The healers give him months. And the only known antidote is a relic held by Prince Rukh of Kemet — the rival kingdom, the old enemy, the family that murdered her father at the negotiating table twenty years ago.
Rukh's price is her hand in marriage and a unified throne.
Samara sees the trap. She steps into it anyway.
She invites the enemy into her bed and her war council. The wedding fires burn. And for a moment, she almost believes it might work.
Then the poisonings accelerate.
The salt-curse isn't slowing — it's spreading. Someone inside Samara's own household is still feeding it, still carving out the heart of Ashara one dose at a time. Every thread of evidence points toward a truth she cannot bear to face: the traitor wearing a sister's smile. The woman who raised Adil while Samara was on the battlefield.
The woman who has been salting the earth for a decade.
Now Samara must weigh the impossible: execute the last of her blood, or watch her child turn to stone while the enemy who was supposed to be her salvation watches from across the marriage bed.
Crowns of Salt is a slow-burn and high-stakes epic fantasy about reluctant alliance, devastating family betrayal, desert kingdoms, cursed heirs, and a love that grows in the cracks of an impossible truce.
Perfect for readers who love epic fantasy with political intrigue, enemies-to-lovers arranged marriages, morally complex queens, and sun-scorched worldbuilding in the tradition of Mark Lawrence and Leigh Bardugo.
An epic standalone fantasy of magic, sacrifice, and destiny.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy
Length8 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Dedication
3Prologue
4Chapter 1 - The Salt That Weeps
5Chapter 2 - The Prince’s Hand
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6Chapter 3 - A Cure in Qasab
7Chapter 4 - The Nomad’s Price
8Chapter 5 - The Temple of Salt Bones
9Chapter 6 - The Bandit’s Tattoo
10Chapter 7 - A Cup of Mercy
11Chapter 8 - The Oracle’s Path
12Chapter 9 - The Sister’s Secret
13Chapter 10 - The Maze of Salt Pillars
14Chapter 11 - The Wraith’s Strike
15Chapter 12 - The Poisoner’s Blood
16Chapter 13 - The General’s Return
17Chapter 14 - The Arrow’s Whisper
18Chapter 15 - The Tunnel of Saltlings
19Chapter 16 - The Cartographer’s Lie
20Chapter 17 - The Crown of Tears
21Chapter 18 - The Weeping
22Chapter 19 - The Salt Concord
23Chapter 20 - The Dragon’s Test
24Chapter 21 - The Crystal and the Crown
25Chapter 22 - The Festival of Salt Tears
26Chapter 23 - The Assassin’s Charm
27Chapter 24 - The Prince of Qasab
28Chapter 25 - The Tomb of Salt Flowers
29Chapter 26 - The Queen’s Remedy
30Chapter 27 - The Boy King’s Promise
31Chapter 28 - The Rain on Salt
32Chapter 29 - The Salt Throne
33Epilogue
34About the Author
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