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Featuring gorgeous golden yellow sprayed edges! Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugely-anticipated sequel to TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, one of the best-loved and best-selling fantasy novels of the past decade.
A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.
Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one.
He's the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and
peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six
dangerous and magical children who live there.
Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the
children ever feel the neglect and pain that he once felt as an orphan
on that very same island so long ago. He is not alone: joining him is
the love of his life, Linus Baker, a former caseworker in the Department
In Charge of Magical Youth. And there's the island's sprite, Zoe
Chapelwhite, and her girlfriend, Mayor Helen Webb. Together, they will
do anything to protect the children.
But when Arthur is summoned to make a public statement about his
dark past, he finds himself at the helm of a fight for the future that
his family, and all magical people, deserve.
And when a new magical child hopes to join them on their island
home--one who finds power in calling himself monster, a name that Arthur
worked so hard to protect his children from--Arthur knows they're at a
breaking point: their family will either grow stronger than ever or fall
apart.
Welcome back to Marsyas Island. This is Arthur's story.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told,
about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live
and doing the work to keep it.
Review
“This book is very close to perfect.” — Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author
“An utterly absorbing story of tolerance, found family, and defeating bureaucracy.” — Gail Carriger, New York Times bestselling author
"The House in the Cerulean Sea is a modern fairytale about learning your true nature and what you love and will protect. It's a beautiful book." —Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times Bestselling author
About the Author
TJ KLUNE is the
New York Times and
USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of
The House in the Cerulean Sea,
Under the Whispering Door,
In the Lives of Puppets, and the Green Creek Series for adults, the Extraordinaries Series for teens
, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's
important--now more than ever--to have accurate, positive queer
representation in stories.