Somewhere Beyond the Sea

<p><em><b>A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.</b></em><br><b>The number one <i>New York Times </i>bestselling sequel to TJ Klune’s <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea.</i></b><br><br><b>*Winner of the 2024 Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy*</b><br><br><b>‘An enchanting sequel about found family’ – <i>The New York Times</i></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.</b><br><br><b>Praise for <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea</i>:</b><br><br>‘I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect’ – V. E. Schwab, author of <i>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue</i><br><br>‘It will renew your faith in humanity’ – Terry Brooks, author of the Shannara series<br><br>‘Will sweep you away’ – <i>The New York Times</i><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>