Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Written by TJ Klune

Narrated by Daniel Henning

"Narrator Daniel Henning brings his signature versatility, emotional connection, and perfect comedic timing to the latest in the acclaimed Cerulean Chronicles series."—AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)

"Daniel Henning’s articulate, earnest narration winningly underscores Somewhere Beyond the Sea’s central themes of self-confidence, kindness, acceptance of others and the importance of working for sociopolitical reform."—Bookpage

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 magical and so-called dangerous 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. And 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; Zoe Chapelwhite, the island’s sprite; 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 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.

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A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Sep 10, 2024
• ISBN: 9781250331601

TJ Klune

TJ KLUNE is the #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Somewhere Beyond the Sea, Under the Whispering Door, In the Lives of Puppets, 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.

Reviews for Somewhere Beyond the Sea

[meghanlynnedavis · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This duology is unapologetically beautiful! The message is exactly what we need in the world right now. When you feel like there is so much hatred this book is a breath of fresh air. I will be recommending this book to many because I believe in a world for ALL. Daniel Henning is brilliant in bringing these books to life.... I belly laughed out loud and I cried at the deep emotions. This is worth the read.

[Grace Mix · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I adore the voicework of this particular audiobook reader, he makes it so easy to know who is talking within the story, and put so much raw emotion in play the parts of these characters, especially Arthur!

[Jamie True · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wonderful. I love everything about this book, a bit silly, chosen family, magic and unique characters.

[wicked-59 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

When will this be available? I keep refreshing the page and it’s been ten hours!