The Salt Flats

Gripping, original and bold, this is an ambitious and hugely imaginative novel in which a growing sense of unease reaches an almost unbearable intensity. * Lucie McKnight Hardy *
The Salt Flats is gripping, compulsive and deeply deeply human. Rachelle Atalla is one of the few writers whose novels I cannot put down. * Heather Parry *
Immersive, confrontational, intelligent and tender. * Kirsty Logan *
The Salt Flats is a superb and spellbinding evocation of an otherworldly place, doused in a creeping sense of horror, with a cast of characters who are willing to do almost anything to escape from reality. * Carole Hailey *
Utterly compelling, desolate yet uplifting, and always with one eye on the triumph of the human spirit. A truly terrific novel. * Dr Liam Bell                  *
Compulsive and compelling, Rachelle Atalla's The Salt Flats is a tour-de-force, a blistering excavation of the lengths to which people will go to both confront and run from the past. A story that will linger with you, and prompts as many questions as it provides answers. * Cailean Steed *
The Salt Flats is trippy nightmare of a book, a smart, tense thriller written with huge amounts of heart. * Doug Johnstone *
In The Salt Flats, Atalla consolidates her status as queen of the claustrophobic character study, finding in the seemingly perfect retreat a pressure cooker to strip her characters right to their respective cores, without ever losing sight of her compassion. A compulsive and thrilling read, Atalla is a major talent to watch. * Charlie Roy *
This is a novel for our times, but also for all time, as the complex and fragile humanity at its heart will endure * SNACK Magazine *
A completely engrossing read - intensely claustrophobic and pleasingly lyrical. * Heather Darwent *