Somewhere Beyond the Sea

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.

Heartwarming and wholesome

If you want to feel like there’s goodness and wholesomeness still left in the world, this book is for you. Unless of course you’re scared of things that are different from you or homophobic, then I don’t know what to tell you. TJ Klune continues to write stories that expand my worldview and make me want to be a better person. His stories stand alone. I cannot think of another author that brings what he can. The characters are relatable, the story is enthralling, it’s the world you wish you lived in. I want 1 million stories with Chauncey in them. Praying this author lives forever and never stops blessing us with stories of Marsyas Island.

Funny and dark story, but narrator a bit of a miss this round

Loved it.
While much darker than Cerulean Sea was, it was still beautiful. You can feel that the children have aged and matured a bit since we last saw them and while you miss the unbridled silliness of them before, the shift feels right.
The villains were terribly believable and Klune did a great job presenting through them the reality that marginalized communities live with on a daily basis.
10/10 will read again.
On that note...I will READ this book again, but am unlikely to listen to it again.


Only quibble: the narrator (in what I believe was an attempt to convey emotion) sounded like they were crying a lot. Like they were in terrible anguish, even in places that were victorious and happy. It was really off putting to listen to (for example) a certain hero arrive on the scene in all their glory and the narrator was describing it like they were crying in sadness. It happened so often and was so jarring that I put down the audiobook for the last hour and just read the physical copy so I could enjoy how the story ended.

Fun and Timely!

Super fun and quite timely. I love the characters and it was fun to learn what was next in all their lives. My favorite moment may have been the comment about the Bible being inappropriate in classrooms due to the inappropriate stories. Hilarious!

Loved it!

I didn’t want it to end. A marvelous sequel and performance! The characters became my family as well.

Loved it!

If you liked the first book you’ll love this one! Love all the characters and storyline!