TJ Klune - The House in the Cerulean Sea - Rediscovered Bookshop - Boise
Category: Events Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Monday, Mar 30, 2020 7-8pm
Location
Rediscovered Books - Boise
180 N 8th St
Details
Join us for an evening with Lambda Literary Award-winning author TJ Klune as he discusses his breakout contemporary fantasy novel, The House in the Cerulean Sea, at Rediscovered Bookshop - Boise.
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.
When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.
But the children aren’t the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn.
An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.
"1984 meets The Umbrella Academy with a pinch of Douglas Adams thrown in." —Gail Carriger, New York Times bestselling author of Soulless
TJ describes himself as "I am a 9-5 office worker by day and a superhero/author by night. It's a difficult life to be sure, maintaining my daily life and a secret identity, but somehow, some way, I make it work." He is the author of Murmuration, The Seafare Chronicles, and Green Creek.
TJ will be signing books after the event.
Book is available for Pre-order on our website.
