Travis John (TJ) Klune is a Lambda Literary Award-winning author (Into This River I Drown) and an ex-claims examiner for an insurance company. His novels include The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Extraordinaries. Being queer himself, TJ believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive, queer representation in stories. (<a href="https://www.tjklunebooks.com/about">source</a>)
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Synopsis
Linus Baker leads a quiet, rule-bound life as a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, inspecting government orphanages and filing tidy reports. Then Extremely Upper Management hands him a classified assignment: travel to remote Marsyas Island and evaluate an orphanage housing six of the most dangerous magical children on record, among them a gnome, a wyvern, a green blob of indeterminate origin, a were-Pomeranian, and a boy who happens to be the Antichrist.
Expecting menace, Linus instead finds a strange, warm household held together by its enigmatic master, Arthur Parnassus. As grey routine gives way to sunshine, the sea, and a family he never imagined wanting, Linus is forced to weigh the demands of his job against the home taking shape around him.
Warm, funny, and quietly pointed about prejudice and the courage of ordinary kindness, TJ Klune's novel is a modern comfort read about found family and the choice to do the decent thing.
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Characters
Linus BakerProtagonist
A rule-bound caseworker sent to evaluate a mysterious orphanage of magical children.
Arthur ParnassusSupporting
The enigmatic master of the orphanage who holds its unusual household together.
Miss LucySupporting
A cheerful six-year-old who is also the Antichrist.
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Edition
The House in the Cerulean SeaPaperback, Feb
416 pages
Tor BooksISBN: 97812502173185 editions available
