Join fantasy icon T J KLUNE as he discusses the No. 1 New York Times-bestselling sequel to his beloved novel _The House in the Cerulean Sea_: _SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA._ A MAGICAL HOUSE. A SECRET PAST. A SUMMONS THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. _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. 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.