Somewhere Beyond the Sea

A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything. This is the hugely-anticipated sequel to TJ Klune''s The House in the Cerulean Sea , a cosy-fantasy triumph and a New York Times bestseller. International Exclusive Edition: This exclusive hardback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges. 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 love-of-his-life Linus Baker. And together, they''ll do anything to protect their extraordinary and powerful charges. 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. 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. Praise for The House in the Cerulean Sea: ''I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect'' - V. E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ''It will renew your faith in humanity'' - Terry Brooks, author of the Shannara series ''A witty, wholesome fantasy that''s likely to cause heart-swelling'' - The Washington Post

Auteur
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, Somewhere Beyond the Sea, 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.

Texte du rabat

Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the queer, life-affirming and utterly charming sequel to the New York Times bestselling The House in the Cerulean Sea.

Résumé

**A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.

This is the hugely-anticipated sequel to TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, a cosy-fantasy triumph and a New York Times bestseller.

International Exclusive Edition: This exclusive hardback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges.

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 love-of-his-life Linus Baker. And together, they'll do anything to protect their extraordinary and powerful charges.

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.

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.

Praise for The House in the Cerulean Sea:

'I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect' - V. E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

'It will renew your faith in humanity' - Terry Brooks, author of the Shannara series

'A witty, wholesome fantasy that's likely to cause heart-swelling' - The Washington Post