# Black Salt Queen **Samantha Bansil** | June 2, 2025 **Synopsis** _Hara Duja Gatdula, queen of the island nation of Maynara, holds the divine power to move the earth. But her strength is failing and the line of succession gives her little comfort. Her heir, Laya, is a danger—a petty and passionate princess who wields the enormous power of the skies with fickle indifference._ _Circling the throne is Imeria Kulaw—the matriarch of a traitorous rival family who wields recklessly enhanced powers of her own—with designs to secure a high-ranking position for her son and claim the crown for her family. Each woman has a secret weakness—a lover, a heartbreak, a lie. But each is willing to pay the steepest price to bring down her rivals once and for all._ _Filled with passion, romance, betrayal, and divine magic,_ **Black Salt Queen** _journeys to a gorgeous precolonial island nation where women—and secrets—reign._ **About Violetear Books** _Violetear Books, named after a hummingbird native to Mexico, believes in small things with great power. We publish bold, emotionally resonant fiction from underrepresented voices—stories that linger, challenge, and demand to be felt._ --- **Bindery Exclusive Edition** **Price:** $39.95 **Discounted Price:** $19.98 **Buy Direct** - [Exclusive Edition](https://indiepubs-us-refresh.myshopify.com/cart?isbn=9781964721002&publishername=bindery-books) - [Paperback](https://indiepubs-us-refresh.myshopify.com/cart?isbn=9781959411987&publishername=bindery-books) - [eBook](https://indiepubs-us-refresh.myshopify.com/cart?isbn=9781959411994&publishername=bindery-books) - [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/95637/9781959411987) - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1959411985?tag=kevinnorman-20) **About the Author and Tastemaker** ## **Samantha Bansil** _Samantha Bansil is a Filipino American fantasy author. She studied sociology and French at Boston University before earning a master’s degree at Institut d’études politiques de Paris. After trying on many a professional hat, she found her way back to her one true love—writing. Her stories often feature big feelings, lush settings, and unlikable protagonists. A jet-setter at heart, she lives to travel worlds both real and imagined. When she’s not writing, she can be found wandering bookstores and ricocheting between continents. She works in Paris, France, as a content marketer._ ## **Kevin T. Norman** _Kevin T. Norman is a Latinx creator from Los Angeles, California, who combines humor and his love of reading to create content focused on education, social justice, and all things bookish. He has a combined TikTok and Instagram following of over 370,000. In 2022, Kevin was chosen as an LGBTQ+ Trailblazer, a title awarded by TikTok to only twelve creators from the US for their work with the LGBTQ+ community. He has been featured on_ _The Kelly Clarkson Show_, _Spectrum News_, and _NBC News_, and in_ _Forbes_, _Teen Vogue_, the _New York Post_, _Rolling Stone_, and more._ ## Frequently Asked Questions - Why create hardcover exclusive editions only available on Bindery? - Who benefits when I buy an exclusive edition? - Are discounts available? - What is IndiePubs? - Where do you ship? - Will you create these for all future Bindery titles? ### Why create hardcover exclusive editions only available on Bindery? _We publish original paperbacks, which are available at bookstores nationwide, so that our stories are as accessible and affordable as possible to any reader who wants to enjoy them, from anywhere they prefer to shop. Booksellers prefer to stock only one format, but we also want to honor the singularity of these books with a beautiful hardcover edition. So we made these editions available for purchase exclusively on Bindery._ ---