Rival families seek to seize the Alcázar shipyards to fuel the royal navy's demands.

Mateo is forced into a brutal conflict where he must trade his tools for a sword to protect his family’s honor.

Two souls destined to be one are torn apart by the rigid social structures and blood-soaked politics of the era.

The "Giants of Salt" represent both the literal salt-encrusted ships that defined Spain’s power and the figurative "giants" of men—those who are forged in the harsh, briny air of the coast and hardened by the blood of battle. About the Author

In the spring of 1562, the Alcázar family struggles to maintain their humble shipyard and salt marshes. While the world outside is consumed by the wars of the Spanish Empire, young Mateo Alcázar has only one ambition: "to raise giants as my father did"—a reference to the massive galleons that once slid from their family’s docks.

Mateo’s life is upended when he falls in love with a woman from a higher social class, sparking a chain of events involving: