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SerialThe Salt RoadMarcus Odell

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The Salt Road

MOMarcus Odell · New chapter every Friday

About the story · by Marcus Odell

Tamsin walks the Salt Road east to find the brother the city took. The road has rules. The people on it have prices.

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Start hereChapter 1The Last Inn Before the SaltTamsin learns her brother was taken east and leaves home with a borrowed coat and a bad map.15 min · 40.8K reads · 3 months ago Chapter 2OrrinA salt trader with no past agrees to walk with her, for a price he won’t name.9 min · 34.6K reads · 2 months ago Chapter 3Rules of the RoadOrrin teaches her the road’s three rules. She breaks the first one by nightfall.6 min · 32.9K reads · 2 months ago Chapter 4The Weighing StationOfficials weigh every traveler’s salt, and every traveler’s story.11 min · 31.3K reads · 2 months ago Chapter 5A Night Without StarsThe sky goes dark in the middle of the night, and nobody else seems to notice.10 min · 29.7K reads · 8 weeks ago Chapter 6The Boy Selling MapsA child sells Tamsin a map that is wrong in very specific ways.13 min · 28K reads · 7 weeks ago Chapter 7Chalk LinesThe road turns white, and Tamsin finds her brother’s mark scratched into a milestone.9 min · 26.4K reads · 6 weeks ago Chapter 8The Inn at Weller’s FordAn innkeeper warns them about the ferryman, then spits on the floor.8 min · 24.8K reads · 5 weeks ago Chapter 9A Map Drawn Wrong on PurposeThe wrong map turns out to be a message, and Orrin knows who wrote it.11 min · 23.1K reads · 4 weeks ago Chapter 10Orrin Doesn’t SingAround a fire, Orrin refuses to sing the river song, and Tamsin finds out why.12 min · 21.5K reads · 3 weeks ago Chapter 11What the Salt RemembersTamsin tastes the river salt and sees a memory that isn’t hers.15 min · 19.8K reads · 1 week ago LatestChapter 12The Ferryman’s TollAt the river, the ferryman takes payment in names instead of coins. Orrin tries to pay for her, and Tamsin has to decide which name she can live without.13 min · 18.2K reads · 4 days ago