T.J. Klune
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.
The Extraordinaries
T.J. Klune
Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. TJ Klune's YA debut, The Extraordinaries, is a queer coming-of-age story about a fanboy with ADHD and the heroes he loves.
Nick Bell? Not extraordinary. But being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom is a superpower, right?
After a chance encounter with Shadow Star, Nova City’s mightiest hero (and Nick’s biggest crush), Nick sets out to make himself extraordinary. And he’ll do it with or without the reluctant help of Seth Gray, Nick's best friend (and maybe the love of his life).
Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl meets Marissa Meyer's Renegades in TJ Klune's YA debut.
The Lightning-Struck Heart (Tales From Verania, #1)
T.J. Klune
This edition is out of print. For current Paperback edition see: The Lightning-Struck Heart
Once upon a time, in an alleyway in the slums of the City of Lockes, a young and somewhat lonely boy named Sam Haversford turns a group of teenage douchebags into stone completely by accident.
Of course, this catches the attention of a higher power, and Sam's pulled from the only world he knows to become an apprentice to the King's Wizard, Morgan of Shadows.
When Sam is fourteen, he enters the Dark Woods and returns with Gary, the hornless gay unicorn, and a half-giant named Tiggy, earning the moniker Sam of Wilds.
At fifteen, Sam learns what love truly is when a new knight arrives at the castle. Sir Ryan Foxheart, the dreamiest dream to have ever been dreamed.
Naturally, it all goes to hell through the years when Ryan dates the reprehensible Prince Justin, Sam can't control his magic, a sexually aggressive dragon kidnaps the prince, and the King sends them on an epic quest to save Ryan's boyfriend, all while Sam falls more in love with someone he can never have.
Or so he thinks.
How to Be a Normal Person (How to Be, #1)
T.J. Klune
Gustavo Tiberius is not normal. He knows this. Everyone in his small town of Abby, Oregon, knows this. He reads encyclopedias every night before bed. He has a pet ferret called Harry S. Truman. He owns a video rental store that no one goes to. His closest friends are a lady named Lottie with drag queen hair and a trio of elderly Vespa riders known as the We Three Queens.
Gus is not normal. And he's fine with that. All he wants is to be left alone.
Until Casey, an asexual stoner hipster and the newest employee at Lottie’s Lattes, enters his life. For some reason, Casey thinks Gus is the greatest thing ever. And maybe Gus is starting to think the same thing about Casey, even if Casey is obsessive about Instagramming his food.
But Gus isn’t normal and Casey deserves someone who can be. Suddenly wanting to be that someone, Gus steps out of his comfort zone and plans to become the most normal person ever.
After all, what could possibly go wrong?
Bear, Otter, and the Kid (Bear, Otter, and the Kid, #1)
T.J. Klune
This edition is out of print. For current Paperback edition see: Bear, Otter and the Kid
Previous cover edition of ISBN 1613720874 / 9781613720875
For alternate cover edition see here
Three years ago, Bear McKenna’s mother took off for parts unknown with her new boyfriend, leaving Bear to raise his six-year-old brother Tyson, aka the Kid. Somehow they’ve muddled through, but since he’s totally devoted to the Kid, Bear isn’t actually doing much living. With a few exceptions, he’s retreated from the world, and he’s mostly okay with that - until Otter comes home.
Otter is Bear’s best friend’s older brother, and as they’ve done for their whole lives, Bear and Otter crash and collide in ways neither expect. This time, though, there’s nowhere to run from the depth of emotion between them. Bear still believes his place is as the Kid’s guardian, but he can’t help thinking there could be something more for him in the world ... something or someone.
Into This River I Drown
T.J. Klune
2014 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Best Gay Romance
Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father, Big Eddie, who drowned when his truck crashed into a river. All called it an accident, but Benji thought it more. However, even years later, he is buried deep in his grief, throwing himself into taking over Big Eddie's convenience store in the small town of Roseland, Oregon. Surrounded by his mother and three aunts, he lives day by day, struggling to keep his head above water.
But Roseland is no ordinary place.
With ever-increasing dreams of his father's death and waking visions of feathers on the surface of a river, Benji's definition of reality is starting to bend. He thinks himself haunted, but whether by ghosts or memories, he can no longer tell. It's not until the impossible happens and a man falls from the sky and leaves the burning imprint of wings on the ground that he begins to understand that the world around him is more mysterious than he could have possibly imagined. It's also more dangerous, as forces beyond anyone's control are descending on Roseland, revealing long hidden truths about friends, family, and the man named Calliel who Benji is finding he can no longer live without.
Flash Fire (The Extraordinaries, #2)
T.J. Klune
Flash Fire is the explosive sequel to The Extraordinaries by USA Today bestselling author TJ Klune!Nick landed himself the superhero boyfriend of his dreams, but with new heroes arriving in Nova City it’s up to Nick and his friends to determine who is virtuous and who is villainous. Which is a lot to handle for a guy who just wants to finish his self-insert bakery AU fanfic.
A Destiny of Dragons (Tales From Verania, #2)
T.J. Klune
Sequel to The Lightning Struck Heart Once upon a time, the wizard’s apprentice Sam of Wilds got his happily ever after in the arms of his cornerstone, Knight Commander Ryan Foxheart. A year has passed, and while Sam’s been captured five or six more times since then, things are pretty great. His parents are happy, Gary and Tiggy still eat sass for breakfast, Randall is somehow alive despite being older than the gods, the King rules with a gentle hand, Kevin the dragon is as gross as ever, Morgan sighs a lot, Ryan continues to be dashing and immaculate, and Sam is close to convincing Prince Justin they will be best friends forever. Life is good. Until it’s not. Because Vadoma, the leader of the gypsy clan and Sam’s grandmother, has come to the City of Lockes with a dire prophecy written in the stars: a man of shadows is rising and will consume the world unless Sam faces his destiny and gathers the five dragons of Verania at his side. And she brings along her second-in-command, a man named Ruv. Ruv, who Vadoma says is Sam’s true cornerstone.
Lovesong (Green Creek, #2.5)
T.J. Klune
She has lived.
She has lost.
Everything she has is blue.
But here, in the end, she'll be given one last chance.
A gift for all she has endured.
And her lovesong will be heard.
Author's Note: This is part of a series meant to be read in order, starting with Wolfsong followed by Ravensong. If you haven't read both books, this will spoil major events. You've been warned.
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Status: Complete
Words: 6,403
Feralsong (Green Creek, #3.5)
T.J. Klune
After Heartsong and before Brothersong comes Feralsong, a short story from four different perspectives about what it means to lose your mind.
January 10, 2020
Exclusive at tjklunebooks.com
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Status: Complete
Words: 8,105
Lovesong Part II (Green Creek, #3.6)
T.J. Klune
A Green Creek short story.
(Spoilers for Wolfsong, Ravensong and Heartsong.)
Das unglaubliche Leben des Wallace Price
T.J. Klune
Der erfolgsverwöhnte Anwalt Wallace Price kennt nur drei Dinge: Arbeit, Arbeit und noch mal Arbeit. Es kommt ihm daher äußerst ungelegen, als er eines Tages tot umfällt und in der Zwischenwelt landet. Dort erwartet ihn der Wächter Hugo, der Wallace auf seine Reise ins Jenseits vorbereiten soll. Doch Wallace ist noch nicht bereit, und so werden ihm sieben Tage gewährt, um seine Angelegenheiten zu ordnen. Sieben Tage, in denen Wallace den wahren Sinn des Lebens entdeckt. Und die Liebe findet ...
Mr. Parnassus' Heim für magisch Begabte (Mr. Parnassus' Heim für magisch Begabte, #1)
T.J. Klune
Linus Baker ist ein vorbildlicher Beamter. Seit Jahrzehnten arbeitet er in der Sonderabteilung des Jugendamtes, die für das Wohlergehen magisch begabter Kinder und Jugendlicher zuständig ist. Nie war er auch nur einen Tag krank, und das Regelwerk der Behörde ist seine Gute-Nacht-Lektüre. Linus' eintöniges Dasein ändert sich schlagartig, als er auf eine geheime Mission geschickt wird. Er soll das Waisenhaus eines gewissen Mr. Parnassus', das sich auf einer abgelegenen Insel befindet, genauer unter die Lupe nehmen. Kaum dort angekommen, stellt Linus fest, dass Mr. Parnassus' Schützlinge eher etwas speziell sind – einer von ihnen ist möglicherweise sogar der Sohn des Teufels! In diesem Heim kommt Linus mit seinem Regelwerk und seiner Vorliebe für Vorschriften nicht weit, das merkt er schnell. Eher widerwillig lässt er sich auf dieses magische Abenteuer ein, das ihn auf der Insel erwartet, und erfährt dabei die größte Überraschung seines Lebens ...
How to Be a Movie Star (How to Be, #2)
T.J. Klune
This edition is out of print. For current Kindle edition [ to Be a Movie Star|48716271]
Sequel to How to Be a Normal Person
A How to Be Novel
Josiah Erickson wants to be a movie star. The problem with that is so does half of Los Angeles. But he’s on his way, what with memorable roles as a TV show background cadaver and a guy in a commercial for herpes medication. All he needs is his big break. And that break may come in the form of a novelist who goes by the enigmatic name of Q-Bert.
Q-Bert, who is ready to make his directorial debut in a film Josy would be perfect for. Q-Bert, who Josy may or may not have a friend-crush on, and potentially something more. Being demisexual can be confusing.
From the City of Angels to the small mountain town of Abby, Oregon, Josy will give his all to make sure his dreams come true—even the ones he never thought possible.
Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)
T.J. Klune
Ravensong is the second book in the Green Creek Series, the beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family.
“Complex and startling... Green Creek is the perfect setting.” —Charlaine Harris
The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack. Ravensong is Gordo Livingstone's story.
Gordo Livingstone never forgot the lessons carved into his skin. Hardened by the betrayal of a pack that left him behind, he sought solace in the garage in his tiny mountain town, vowing never again to involve himself in the affairs of wolves.
It should have been enough.
It was, until the wolves came back, and with them, Mark Bennett. And when his town is caught in the jaws of a beast, Gordo is summoned back into the life that left him.
“Gordo, you must rise. For your pack. For us. I must ask you to become the witch to the wolves.”
Now, a year later, Gordo has once again found himself the witch of the Bennett pack. Green Creek has settled after the death of Richard Collins, and Gordo constantly struggles to ignore Mark and the song that howls between them.
But time is running out. Something is coming. And this time, it’s coming from within.
The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.
Now available from Tor Books.
Heartsong (Green Creek, #3)
T.J. Klune
Heartsong is the third book in the Green Creek series, the beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family.
“Complex and startling... Green Creek is the perfect setting.” ― Charlaine Harris
The Bennett family has a They're not just a family, they're a pack. Heartsong is Robbie Fontaine's story.
All Robbie Fontaine ever wanted was a place to belong. After the death of his mother, he bounces around from pack to pack, forming temporary bonds to keep from turning feral. It’s enough―until he receives a summons from the wolf stronghold in Caswell, Maine. Life as the trusted second to Michelle Hughes―the Alpha of all―and the cherished friend of a gentle old witch teaches Robbie what it means to be pack, to have a home. But when a mission from Michelle sends Robbie into the field, he finds himself questioning where he belongs and everything he’s been told.
Whispers of traitorous wolves and wild magic abound―but who are the traitors and who the betrayed? More than anything, Robbie hungers for answers, because one of those alleged traitors is Kelly Bennett―the wolf who may be his mate.
The truth has a way of coming out. And when it does, everything will shatter.
The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.
Now available from Tor Books.
Heat Wave (The Extraordinaries, #3)
T.J. Klune
School’s out for the summer and a raging, malevolent heat has blanketed Nova City. Dark, twisted, probably evil shadows have drenched the doorsteps of her good people’s homes. And Nicholas Bell―fanboy, hero, ADHD-haver―is being super dramatic again.
But honestly, Nick’s life is pretty much perfect. Yeah, it’s hot out, but he finally gets to team up and train with his steamy superhero boyfriend to bring justice, protection, and disaster energy to the people of Nova City. It’s everything he’s ever dreamed of!
With graduation on the horizon and his future unknowable, Nick focuses on enjoying the present. Seth, Jazz, and Gibby are busy setting up headquarters for Lighthouse, their hero team. Nick’s dad has partnered with former chief of police Rodney Caplan to start a new private investigation agency. And Nick’s mother, the superhero known as TK, is right there at Nick’s side. Where she’s always been.
Hasn’t she?
But something’s off. It’s not just Simon Burke running for mayor and campaigning to “cure” Extraordinaries. And it’s not even the rumors that Nick’s ex-boyfriend and villain-in-the-making Owen Burke has escaped.
Something else isn’t right, and Nick will need all his friends and loved ones together to uncover the truth before Nova City falls prey to the Burke family. A truth that will reveal a traitor in their midst and burn through their lives like a wildfire.
Sous la porte qui chuchote
T.J. Klune
Bienvenue dans notre salon de thé "La Traversée de Charon'.
Le thé y est chaud, les scones bien frais et les morts, juste de passage.
Wallace Price n'est pas ce que l'on peut appeler " un personnage sympathique " ... loin de là même. Vous ne pleurerez sûrement pas en apprenant qu'il vient de mourir.
Mais lorsqu'une femme se présentant comme une faucheuse vient le chercher à ses propres funérailles, Wallace a du mal à accepter son funeste destin.
Au lieu de le conduire vers l'au-delà, la faucheuse l'emmène dans un petit village où se trouve un salon de thé pas comme les autres. Hugo, le patron de l'établissement, y aide les âmes à passer de l'autre côté. Wallace n'est absolument pas prêt à abandonner la vie qu'il a à peine vécue et avec l'aide de Hugo, il découvre enfin ce qui lui a manqué dans le passé.
Mais un jour, le Directeur - un être mystérieux et puissant - annonce à Wallace qu'il devra effectuer dans une semaine la traversée vers le monde des morts. Ce dernier entreprend alors de vivre toute une vie en sept jours. Y parviendra-t-il ?
Dans la vie des pantins
T.J. Klune
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe.
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled “HAP,” he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans.
When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.
Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?
Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.
La Maison au milieu de la Mer Céruléenne (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
T.J. Klune
Une île magique. Une mission dangereuse. Un secret brûlant.
Linus Baker mène une vie tranquille et solitaire. À quarante ans, il vit dans une petite maison avec un chat caractériel et ses vieux disques. En tant qu'agent du Ministère de la Jeunesse Magique, il doit s'assurer du bien-être des enfants dans les orphelinats supervisés par le gouvernement.
Mais lorsqu'il est convoqué de manière inattendue par les Cadres Extrêmement Supérieurs, il se voit confier une mission curieuse et hautement secrète : se rendre sur l'île de Marsyas dans un foyer où résident six dangereux pensionnaires.
Obligé de mettre ses craintes de côté afin de rédiger un rapport objectif sur l'établissement, Linus va vite comprendre que les enfants ne sont pas le seul secret que renferme l'île. Il devra également réussir à cerner le charmant et énigmatique directeur des lieux, Arthur Parnassus, qui fera tout pour défendre ses protégés.
À mesure qu'il découvre d'incroyables secrets et qu'il se rapproche d'Arthur, Linus va se retrouver confronté au plus difficile des choix : faire son devoir ou écouter son cœur.
Le Cœur de foudre (Les Contes de Verania #1)
T.J. Klune
Il était une fois, dans une ruelle des quartiers pauvres de la Cité de Lockes, un jeune homme plutôt solitaire, du nom de Sam Haversford. Quand celui-ci transforme – tout à fait accidentellement - un groupe d’adolescents débiles en pierre, il attire bien malgré lui l’attention d’une puissance supérieure qui l’arrache au seul monde qu’il connaît pour devenir l’apprenti du plus important sorcier du royaume, Morgan des Ombres. À l’âge de quatorze ans, il pénètre dans la forêt de Bois Obscurs d’où il revient avec Gary, la licorne gay sans corne et un semi-géant du nom de Tiggy, ce qui lui vaut le surnom de Sam l'Indomptable. À l’âge de quinze ans, il comprend ce qu’est vraiment l’amour quand un nouveau chevalier arrive au château. Sir Ryan Foxheart l’incarnation du plus beau rêve qu’on puisse imaginer. Mais tout tombe à l’eau quand, au fil des ans, Ryan s’éprend du répréhensible prince Justin, que Sam ne peut pas contrôler sa magie, qu’un dragon sexuellement agressif kidnappe le prince, que le roi les envoie à son secours, et que Sam tombe de plus en plus amoureux de la seule personne qu’il ne pourra jamais avoir. Enfin, ça c’est ce qu’il croit.
Withered + Sere (Immemorial Year, #1)
T.J. Klune
Once upon a time, humanity could no longer contain the rage that swelled within, and the world ended in a wave of fire. One hundred years later, in the wasteland formerly known as America, a broken man who goes only by the name of Cavalo survives. Purposefully cutting himself off from what remains of civilization, Cavalo resides in the crumbling ruins of the North Idaho Correctional Institution. A mutt called Bad Dog and a robot on the verge of insanity comprise his only companions. Cavalo himself is deteriorating, his memories rising like ghosts and haunting the prison cells. It’s not until he makes the dangerous choice of crossing into the irradiated Deadlands that Cavalo comes into contact with a mute psychopath, one who belongs to the murderous group of people known as the Dead Rabbits. Taking the man prisoner, Cavalo is forced not only to face the horrors of his past, but the ramifications of the choices made for his stark present. And it is in the prisoner that he will find a possible future where redemption is but a glimmer that darkly shines. The world has died. This is the story of its remains.
Sotto la porta dei sussurri
T.J. Klune
Casa din marea azurie (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
T.J. Klune
Jesus Goes to Hell on Vacation! (Blasphemy! #2)
T.J. Klune
Blasphemy!
T.J. Klune
La canción de los hermanos (Green Creek, #4)
T.J. Klune
La canción del corazón (Green Creek, #3)
T.J. Klune
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)
T.J. Klune
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. Featuring gorgeous orange sprayed edges!
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 master of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical 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. 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. And there’s the island’s sprite, Zoe Chapelwhite, 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 that 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.
La casa sul mare celeste
T.J. Klune
Linus Baker è un assistente sociale impiegato al Dipartimento della Magia Minorile. Il compito che esegue con scrupolosa professionalità è assicurarsi che i bambini dotati di poteri magici, cresciuti in appositi istituti in modo da proteggere quelli "normali", siano ben accuditi. La vita di Linus è decisamente tranquilla, per non dire monotona: vive in una casetta solitaria in compagnia di una gatta schiva e dei suoi amati dischi in vinile. Tutto cambia quando, inaspettatamente, viene convocato nell'ufficio della Suprema Dirigenza. È stato scelto per un compito inconsueto e top secret: dovrà recarsi su un'isola remota, Marsyas, e stabilire se l'orfanotrofio diretto da un certo Arthur Parnassus abbia i requisiti per rimanere aperto. Appena mette piede sull'isola, Linus si rende conto che i sei bambini ospitati nella struttura sono molto diversi da tutti quelli di cui ha dovuto occuparsi in passato. Il più enigmatico tra gli abitanti di Marsyas è però Arthur Parnassus, che dietro ai modi affabili nasconde un terribile segreto. Un'incantevole storia d'amore ambientata in una realtà fantastica, meravigliosamente narrata, su cosa significhi accorgersi che, a volte, si può scegliere la vita che si vuole. E, se si è abbastanza fortunati, magari quella vita ci sceglie a sua volta.
The Consumption of Magic (Tales From Verania, #3)
T.J. Klune
Sam of Wilds faced the Dark wizard Myrin and lived to tell the tale. Granted, the battle left him scarred, but things could be a hell of a lot worse.
It’s not until he reunites with Morgan of Shadows and Randall that he realizes just how much worse things could be.
Because the scars have meaning and hint at Myrin’s true plans for Sam and the Kingdom of Verania.
With time running out, Sam and his band of merry misfits—the unicorn Gary, the half-giant Tiggy, Knight Commander Ryan Foxheart, and the dragon known as Kevin—must travel to the snowy mountains in the North and the heart of the Dark Woods to convince the remaining dragons to stand against Myrin. Along the way, Sam learns secrets of the past that will forever change the course of the future.
A reckoning is coming for Sam of Wilds, and there is nothing he can do to stop it.
En algún lugar del mar más azul
T.J. Klune
Dos hombres y un niño (Spanish Edition)
T.J. Klune
La casa en el mar más azul (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
T.J. Klune
Trabajo, trabajo y más trabajo. Linus Baker podría ser una persona cualquiera, en un lugar cualquiera, viviendo una vida cualquiera. Él estaba convencido de esto, y si tú lo hubieras conocido, tampoco habrías dudado en asegurar que Linus pertenecía al montón, ni más, ni menos. Y así era, hasta el día en que este funcionario del Departamento de Jóvenes Mágicos es llamado por Altísima Dirección para supervisar un orfanato del que apenas hay registros.
Con esta nueva tarea entre manos, Linus viajará a la isla de Marsyas, donde deberá supervisar a seis huérfanos catalogados como peligrosos (hablamos del futuro Anticristo, entre otros) y a su enigmático cuidador. Ahí, deberá dejar de lado sus miedos y prejuicios, que no son pocos, para darse cuenta de que lo que realmente tiene que hacer no es aquello a lo que le han enviado. Porque en Marsyas, Linus descubrirá que el camino a la felicidad es distinto para cada uno de nosotros, y, que si te atreves a recorrerlo, llegarás al lugar donde te encontrarás a ti mismo.
Nella vita dei burattini
T.J. Klune
Olive Juice
T.J. Klune
La vida de las marionetas
T.J. Klune
Tres robots viven en una diminuta y peculiar casa entre las ramas de una arboleda: una máquina enfermera un poco sádica, una pequeña aspiradora desesperada por recibir amor y atención, y Giovanni Lawson, un androide inventor. Pero también vive con ellos un humano: Victor Lawson, hijo de Gio. Refugiados y a salvo en el bosque, los cuatro forman una extraña familia.
Pero todo cambia el día en que Vic rescata y repara a un androide llamado Hap, que, al parece, comparte un oscuro secreto con Giovanni: un pasado dedicado a cazar humanos.
Sin ser consciente de ello, Hap alerta sobre su paradero a los robots de aquella vida anterior, y la familia deja de estar oculta y a salvo. Gio es capturado y, con tal de impedir que lo desmantelen, o incluso peor, que lo reprogramen, el resto emprenderá un viaje para rescatarlo a través de un mundo despiadado.
En medio de sentimientos encontrados de traición y afecto por Hap, Vic debe tomar una difícil decisión: ¿será capaz de aceptar un amor con ataduras?
Дім у волошковому морі (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
T.J. Klune
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
T.J. Klune
Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world.
Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light.
The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.
Bajo la puerta de los susurros
T.J. Klune
Bienvenido a El cruce de Caronte. El té está caliente, los bollos recién hechos y los muertos de paso.
Cuando Wallace Price se ve asistiendo a su propio funeral, descubre que está muerto. Pero Wallace no está preparado para abandonar este mundo que apenas ha sabido disfrutar en vida. De modo que, cuando le dan una semana para dar el salto al Más Allá, decide vivir plenamente esos escasos siete días que le quedan. Comenzará entonces un extraordinario viaje en el que, con la ayuda de Hugo, quien regenta una pintoresca tetería escondida entre las montañas de un pequeño pueblo y es, además, el barquero que ayuda a las almas a cruzar «al otro lado», aprenderá a disfrutar la belleza de los detalles y podrá compensar todo aquello que se perdió.
A Casa no Mar Cerúleo
T.J. Klune
Uma ilha mágica. Uma tarefa perigosa. Um segredo em chamas.
Linus Baker leva uma vida sossegada e solitária. Aos quarenta anos, ele vive em uma casa minúscula com uma gata malandra e seus velhos discos. No trabalho, é responsável por supervisionar orfanatos do governo.
Porém, tudo muda quando Linus é convocado para cumprir uma tarefa notável e altamente confidencial: visitar o Orfanato de Marsyas, onde moram seis crianças extraordinárias: uma gnoma, uma sprite, uma serpe, uma bolha verde não identificável, um canisomem e o Anticristo. Sua missão é determinar se essas criaturas são ou não capazes de trazer o fim dos tempos.
O responsável pelas crianças é o enigmático Arthur Parnassus, disposto a fazer qualquer coisa para manter seus órfãos em segurança e, à medida que Linus e Arthur se aproximam, segredos há muito guardados vêm à tona. Então, resta a Linus tomar uma decisão irrevogável: destruir um lar ou assistir ao mundo sucumbir.
Contada com maestria, A casa no mar cerúleo é uma história encantadora sobre a profunda experiência de descobrir uma família improvável em um lugar inesperado ― e de lutar por ela como se fosse sua.
Além da porta sussurrante
T.J. Klune
Bem-vindos à Travessia de Caronte.
O chá está quente, os cookies estão frescos,
e os mortos estão apenas de passagem.
Wallace Price só conhece três coisas na trabalho, um pouco mais de trabalho e algumas pitadas de trabalho. Assim, é extremamente inconveniente quando ele tem de parar tudo e atender ao seu próprio funeral. Mas quando ele recebe a visita de Mei, uma Ceifadora, ele começa a ter uma leve desconfiança de que possa estar morto.
Em vez de levá-lo diretamente ao além, ela o guia a uma pequena vila em cujos arredores, escondida entre as montanhas, fica uma peculiar casa de chá. E quando Hugo, seu carismático proprietário e barqueiro do além-vida, se oferece para ajudá-lo a fazer a travessia, ele decide que efetivamente deve estar morto.
Mas Wallace não está pronto para abandonar a vida que mal viveu e recebe uma última chance. Sete dias. Uma semana para viver uma vida inteira e talvez, enfim, apaixonar-se pelo que ela pode proporcionar. Às vezes, a morte é só o começo…
Hilário, comovente e acolhedor, Além da porta sussurrante é uma história inspiradora sobre viver dentro de um escritório e passar a morte construindo um lar.
Wolfsong: O Chamado (Green Creek, #1)
T.J. Klune
No primeiro volume da aguardada série Green Creek, TJ Klune nos apresenta uma história fantástica sobre amor, lealdade, traição e família, onde os conceitos de Alfa, Beta e Ômega escondem um universo sobrenatural inimaginável.
Quando Oxnard Matheson tinha apenas doze anos, seu pai saiu de casa e nunca mais voltou. A lembrança do abandono e a solidão permanecem latentes.
Passados quatro anos, Ox conhece Joe, seu novo vizinho. Joe Bennett é tagarela e envolvente, misterioso e intrigante, mas guarda segredos e cicatrizes profundas. Da amizade nasce um refúgio… Um lar. E, ao descobrir o segredo dos Bennett ― que são capazes de se transformar em lobos ―, o mundo de Ox se ilumina com tons de vermelho, laranja e violeta, de Alfa, Beta e Ômega.
Quando uma tragédia devasta a cidade, o bando dos Bennett se fragmenta e Joe desaparece, abandonando Ox e deixando-o sozinho para juntar os cacos.
Anos depois, os dois se reencontram. Esse retorno inesperado à cidade evidencia sentimentos que não podem mais ser ignorados, e Ox precisa compreender o que tudo aquilo significa dentro de si.
Under the Whispering Door
T.J. Klune
Welcome to Charon's Crossing.
The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through.
When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead.
And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead.
But even in death he’s not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days.
Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.
A Casa no Mar Cerúleo (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
T.J. Klune
Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1)
T.J. Klune
The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack. Wolfsong is Ox Matheson's story.
Oxnard Matheson was twelve when his father taught him that Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then his father left.
Ox was sixteen when the energetic Bennett family moved in next door, harboring a secret that would change him forever. The Bennetts are shapeshifters. They can transform into wolves at will. Drawn to their magic, loyalty, and enduring friendships, Ox feels a gulf between this extraordinary new world and the quiet life he’s known, but he finds an ally in Joe, the youngest Bennett boy.
Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town and tore a hole in his heart. Violence flared, tragedy split the pack, and Joe left town, leaving Ox behind. Three years later, the boy is back. Except now he’s a man – charming, handsome, but haunted – and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.
The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family.
The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.
Now available from Tor Books.
La canción del lobo (Green Creek, #1)
T.J. Klune
Ox nunca tuvo a nadie, hasta que un extraño chico le tendió la mano y lo condujo a un mundo donde lo maravilloso es posible. Le dio un hogar. Una familia. Una manada. Pero allí donde vive lo increíble también lo hacen las pesadillas. Y aunque Ox es solo un humano, muy pronto deberá alzar su aullido y pelear con uñas y dientes por quienes ama
La canción del cuervo (Green Creek, #2)
T.J. Klune
La manada te está llamando, ¿ignorarás su canción?
Endurecido por la traición de una manada que lo dejó atrás, Gordo Livingstone juró nunca volver a involucrarse en los asuntos de los lobos… o eso decía, hasta que la manada regresó y con ella Mark Bennett.
Juntos como manada vencieron a una bestia.
Y ahora, un año después, Gordo ha vuelto a ser el brujo de los Bennett, mientras pelea constantemente por ignorar a Mark y a la maldita canción que aúlla entre ellos dos.
Pero el tiempo se está acabando.
Algo se acerca.
Y algunos lazos están hechos para romperse.
Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!
T.J. Klune
The Bones Beneath My Skin
T.J. Klune
In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright has lost everything: his parents are dead, his older brother wants nothing to do with him, and he's been fired from his job as a journalist in Washington DC. With nothing left to lose, he returns to his family's summer cabin outside the small mountain town of Roseland, Oregon to try and find some sense of direction.
The cabin should be empty.
It's not.
Inside is a man named Alex. And with him is an extraordinary little girl who calls herself Artemis Darth Vader.
Artemis, who isn't exactly as she appears.
Soon it becomes clear that Nate must make a choice: let himself drown in the memories of his past, or fight for a future he never thought possible.
Because the girl is special. And forces are descending upon them who want nothing more than to control her.
A Wish Upon the Stars (Tales From Verania, #4)
T.J. Klune
This edition is out of print. For current Kindle edition [ Wish Upon the Stars|48773885]
Sequel to The Consumption of Magic Nearly a year ago, blinded by grief and betrayal, Sam of Wilds made a desperate decision to follow the Great White into the Dark Woods. Now, he emerges to a world changed. The City of Lockes is a prison. The King has been locked away in the dungeons. The Kingdom of Verania has fallen, and the Dark wizard Myrin sits on the throne. But soon after his return, Sam learns of a resistance fighting in his name, led by a courageous knight, a defiant prince, a pissed-off unicorn, and a half-giant who wants to smash everything in sight. If he has any hope of defeating the villains who have taken their home, Sam must face the consequences of his choices—and the friends he left behind.
The Damning Stone (Tales From Verania, #5)
T.J. Klune
A year has passed since the Dark Wizard Myrin attempted to take control of the Kingdom of Verania. Though the scars of the final battle remain, Veranians have come together in unity in order to rebuild. Good King Anthony sits on the throne once more, with Morgan of Shadows at his side.
However, a king is not immortal. One day, Anthony will step down, paving the way for his son, Grand Prince Justin, to assume the throne.
And Justin wants anything but.
Unfortunately for him, he finds himself with bigger things to worry about than just becoming the ruler of a country. At the celebration of the might of Verania and its people, a delegation arrives, led by a man who calls himself a magician. This man represents the King of Yennbridge, who has come to claim what was promised to him years before: the hand of the firstborn son of the King and Queen of Verania.
With his ridiculous friends at his side—Sam, Ryan, Kevin, Gary and Tiggy—Justin sets out to make the visiting king’s life a living hell. Which, of course, backfires spectacularly, and when the dust settles, Justin finds his friends changed in ways he can’t expect, leaving him standing alone.
Except he’s not as alone as he thinks, given the King of Yennbridge will do anything to prove he’s worthy of the frozen heart of the Ice Prince.
Prince Justin has finally met his match.
Let the games begin.
Fairytales From Verania (Tales From Verania, #4.5)
T.J. Klune
New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you back to the land of Verania in a new collection of short stories starring the beloved characters from the Tales of Verania series.
In the opening story—The Unicorn in the Tower—Gary is a princess trapped in a stone tower by the evil Lady Tina DeSilva, who plans on sacrificing him on the first full moon after his eighteenth birthday. With help from his friends—a bird named Tiggy and a mangy weasel called Sam—Gary interviews potential suitors to rescue him and love him above all others, as he so rightly deserves.
The Unicorn in the Tower is followed by Sam and the Beanstalk, wherein a poor farm boy exchanges his family’s bull for magical beans and the promise of treasure in the sky. But when he climbs the beanstalk, Sam finds things are not as he expected them to be.
The Good Boy sees Todd and his immaculate ears taking center stage. When Todd’s father dies, he leaves his son in the care of his evil stepmother and two stepsiblings who live to make Todd’s life a living hell. It’s not until the household receives an invitation to attend a ball for the mysterious Sir that Todd begins to wish for a life beyond what he knows.
David’s Dragon, the final—and only canonical—tale, is set a thousand years before the rise of the Dark wizard Myrin. It begins simply: a lonely boy in a small village befriends a dragon. What follows is a story of love and sacrifice, hope and heartbreak, and what it means to earn your place amongst the stars.
Welcome back to Verania. It’s going to be a hell of a ride.
Brothersong. Il canto dei fratelli (Green Creek, #4)
T.J. Klune
Tra le rovine di Caswell, nel Maine, Carter Bennett ha appreso la verità di ciò che aveva avuto davanti agli occhi per tutto il tempo. E poi esso – lui – non c'era più. Alla ricerca disperata di risposte, Carter si mette in cammino, abbandonando la famiglia e la sicurezza del suo branco, tutto in nome di un uomo che conosce soltanto come un lupo selvatico. Ma è lì che risiede il pericolo: i lupi sono branchi di animali, e più Carter resterà da solo, più la sua mente scivolerà verso la voragine infinita della follia degli Omega. Ma insiste, seguendo le tracce lasciate da Gavin. Gavin, il figlio di Robert Livingstone. Il fratellastro di Gordo Livingstone. Ciò che Carter trova cambierà per sempre la vita dei lupi. Perché la storia di Gavin con il branco dei Bennett va ancora più indietro di quanto si possa immaginare, un segreto tenuto nascosto dal padre di Carter, Thomas Bennett. E la conoscenza ha un prezzo: i peccati dei padri adesso ricadono sulle spalle dei figli.
Bear, Otter, e Kid (The Seafare chronicles, #1)
T.J. Klune
Bear McKenna non ha ancora diciotto anni quando la madre lo abbandona per rifarsi una vita con un altro uomo. Gli lascia un centinaio di dollari e Tyson, detto Kid, il fratellino di appena sei anni. Bear rinuncia a tutto per prendersi cura di lui. Passano tre anni, i due se la cavano, ma Bear deve rassegnarsi a condurre una vita quasi solitaria. Fino al ritorno di Otter. Otter è il fratello maggiore del suo migliore amico. Il loro rapporto va avanti tra alti e bassi, tra cose non dette e incomprensioni. Ma stavolta sono costretti ad ammettere la natura del sentimento che li unisce. Per Bear la cosa più importante resta il benessere del fratellino. Non può permettersi le complicazioni di un legame sentimentale. Ma non merita anche lui qualcosa di più al mondo? Non merita anche lui di avere qualcuno al suo fianco?
Ravensong: Il canto del corvo (Green Creek Vol. 2)
T.J. Klune
Gordo Livingstone non ha mai dimenticato le lezioni incise sulla sua pelle. Temprato dal tradimento di un branco che lo ha abbandonato, ha cercato conforto in un’officina nella piccola città di montagna in cui vive, giurando di non lasciarsi più coinvolgere dagli affari dei lupi.
Avrebbe dovuto bastargli.
E gli è bastato, finché i lupi non sono tornati, e con loro anche Mark Bennett. Alla fine, hanno affrontato la bestia insieme, come un branco… e hanno vinto.
Un anno dopo, Gordo si ritrova ancora una volta a essere lo stregone del branco dei Bennett. Green Creek ha trovato un equilibrio dopo la morte di Richard Collins, e con difficoltà Gordo cerca di ignorare Mark e il canto che ulula tra loro.
Ma il tempo stringe. Qualcosa è in arrivo. E questa volta striscia da dentro.
Alcuni legami, non importa quanto forti, sono fatti per essere spezzati.
Wolfsong – Il canto del lupo (Green Creek #1)
T.J. Klune
Ox aveva dodici anni quando suo padre gli impartì una lezione davvero importante. Gli disse che non valeva niente e che la gente non lo avrebbe mai compreso. Poi andò via.
Ox aveva sedici anni quando incontrò un ragazzo sulla strada verso casa. Il ragazzo che parlava, parlava e parlava. Soltanto in seguito scoprì che il ragazzo non aveva aperto bocca per quasi due anni prima di quel giorno e che viveva con la famiglia che si era trasferita nell’abitazione in fondo al sentiero.
Ox aveva diciassette anni quando scoprì il segreto del ragazzo e il mondo attorno a lui si dipinse di rosso, arancione e viola, di alfa, beta e omega.
Ox aveva ventitré anni il giorno in cui la morte arrivò in città, scavandogli un vuoto nella testa e nel cuore. Il ragazzo rincorse il mostro con lo sguardo assetato di vendetta, lasciando Ox a raccogliere i cocci.
Sono trascorsi tre anni da quel fatidico giorno… e il ragazzo è tornato. Ma ora quel ragazzo è un uomo e Ox non può più ignorare il canto che ulula tra di loro.
In the Lives of Puppets
T.J. Klune
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe.
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled “HAP,” he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans.
When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.
Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?
Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.
La Maison au milieu de la mer Céruléenne
T.J. Klune
Une île magique. Une mission dangereuse. Un secret brûlant.
Linus Baker mène une vie tranquille et solitaire. À quarante ans, il vit dans une petite maison avec un chat caractériel et ses vieux disques. En tant qu'agent du Ministère de la Jeunesse Magique, il doit s'assurer du bien-être des enfants dans les orphelinats supervisés par le gouvernement.
Mais lorsqu'il est convoqué de manière inattendue par les Cadres Extrêmement Supérieurs, il se voit confier une mission curieuse et hautement secrète : se rendre sur l'île de Marsyas dans un foyer où résident six dangereux pensionnaires.
Obligé de mettre ses craintes de côté afin de rédiger un rapport objectif sur l'établissement, Linus va vite comprendre que les enfants ne sont pas le seul secret que renferme l'île. Il devra également réussir à cerner le charmant et énigmatique directeur des lieux, Arthur Parnassus, qui fera tout pour défendre ses protégés.
À mesure qu'il découvre d'incroyables secrets et qu'il se rapproche d'Arthur, Linus va se retrouver confronté au plus difficile des choix : faire son devoir ou écouter son cœur.
Brothersong (Green Creek, #4)
T.J. Klune
The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and joy. The Bennett family has a They're not just a family, they're a pack. Brothersong is Carter Bennett's story.In the ruins of Caswell, Maine, Carter Bennett learned the truth of what had been right in front of him the entire time. And then it—he—was gone. Desperate for answers, Carter takes to the road, leaving family and the safety of his pack behind, all in the name of a man he only knows as a feral wolf. But therein lies the wolves are pack animals, and the longer Carter is on his own, the more his mind slips toward the endless void of Omega insanity. But he pushes on, following the trail left by Gavin. Gavin, the son of Robert Livingstone. The half-brother of Gordo Livingstone.What Carter finds will change the course of the wolves forever. Because Gavin’s history with the Bennett pack goes back further than anyone knows, a secret kept hidden by Carter’s father, Thomas Bennett. And with this knowledge comes a the sins of the fathers now rest upon the shoulders of their sons.The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.Now available from Tor Books.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Under the Whispering Door: Sneak Peek
T.J. Klune
A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in this delightful new queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea . Download a FREE sneak peek today!
When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead.
And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead.
But even in death he’s not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days.
Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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