'In Akkadian mythology, Ea was, among other things, the god of sea and lake waters, crafts and writing, and ruled over Apsu, the great water, sometimes described as groundwater, or the water beneath the earth. In 'The Salted Heart', the mythical and the mundane, the past and the present, intertwine and merge as an ancient tale of conquest, betrayal and love is revealed and interpreted through modern archaeological and linguistic methodologies and played out to its conclusion. Or is it?'
Source: Author's blurb.
