Silt (Paperback)

Paperback. "The hunger starts in the teeth. It ends in the bone."In the drought-choked town of Oakhaven, the earth has finally broken. A violent earthquake has exposed a vein of oily, jet-black silt from the planet's deepest crust. It isn't alive, and it isn't sentient-but it is addictive.Arthur, a soil scientist sent to investigate the failing crops, finds a community gripped by a lethal craving. The residents aren't just starving; they are compulsively consuming the black earth. As the silt enters their systems, it triggers a terrifying mineralization.Arthur watches in horror as the town's inhabitants turn into living statues. Veins harden into brittle stone, lungs fill with crystalline shards, and every breath becomes a grinding agony of grit and mud. In Oakhaven, the land doesn't want your soul-it just wants to turn your body into part of the geology.A bone-dry, visceral descent into body horror. A story about the things we consume, and the heavy price of an unstoppable hunger. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …