Somewhere Beyond the Sea

<h2><b>A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.</b></h2><p>The number one <i>New York Times </i>bestselling sequel to TJ Klune’s <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea.</i><br><br><b>Winner of the 2024 Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy.</b><br><br>Arthur Parnassus has built a good life on the ashes of a bad one. He’s headmaster at an orphanage for magical children on a peculiar island, assisted by the love of his life, Linus Baker. And together, they’ll do anything to protect their extraordinary and powerful charges.<br><br>However, when Arthur is forced to make a public statement about his dark past, he finds himself fighting for those under his care. It’s also a fight for the better future that all magical people deserve. Then, when a new magical child joins their island home, Arthur knows they’ve reached breaking point. The child finds power in calling himself a monster, a name Arthur has tried so hard to banish to protect his children. Challenged from within and without, their volatile family might grow stronger. Or everything Arthur loves could fall apart.<br><br><b><i>Somewhere Beyond the Sea </i>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.<br><br>‘An enchanting sequel about found family’ – <i>The New York Times</i><br><br>‘Like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket’ – V. E. Schwab, author of <i>Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil</i>, on <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea</i></b><br><br>***<br><br><b>Readers love <i>Somewhere Beyond the Sea</i>:</b><br><br>‘This beautiful, thoughtful, queer, magical story of chosen family has left me with joy leaking from my eyes’<br><br>‘These characters are like a hug for your brain. I adore them all and love watching them change and grow’<br><br>‘A beautiful story of hope, love and change, plus a message against prejudice, it’s the ideal comfort read’<br><br>‘One of those rare books that stays with you long after the last page’<br><br>‘If I could give this book a million stars I would’<br><br><i>^{Somewhere Beyond the Sea}</i>^{was a number one <i>New York Times </i>bestseller w/c 16 September 2024}<br></p>