The House in the Cerulean Sea

The House in the Cerulean Sea is a fantasy novel by TJ Klune about Linus Baker, a quiet and highly rule-bound caseworker who is sent by the government to inspect an isolated orphanage for magical children. The children at the orphanage include creatures such as a wyvern, a gnome, a were-Pomeranian, a green blob, and the Antichrist, and Linus begins to discover that they are far more than the dangerous beings his bureaucratic world expects them to be. As he spends time at the orphanage, he grows close to its mysterious caretaker, Arthur Parnassus, and starts to question the assumptions, prejudices, and fear that have governed his life. The novel combines whimsy, found-family themes, and social commentary, and is widely described by retailers as an enchanting and cosy story about discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place. The edition associated with ISBN 9781035087518 is a paperback published by Pan Macmillan under the Tor imprint, with 416 pages.