The Elsewhere Express

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* Embark on a magical journey in this uplifting and inspiring fantasy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Water Moon - perfect for fans of Spirited Away, Dallergut Dream Department Store and The Starless Sea. 'This book had me sobbing on the beach. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.' -Sydney J. Shields, author of The Honey Witch 🚂 - Raya is a lost soul, going through the motions of life without a dream of her own. One night, on her subway ride home, Raya's thoughts wander too far. She wakes on the Elsewhere Express, a magical train that offers its passengers a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging. The journey is a chance for Raya to reimagine her life - but only if she finds her compartment before time runs out. Once aboard, Raya meets an intriguing artist named Q and together they race to find their place on the train, through a boarding car carpeted in meadow grass and along a dining carriage where passengers picnic on lilypads. But a mysterious stowaway has boarded with them, and with it a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train. The closer Raya comes to uncovering the stowaway's identity, the nearer she draws to the ultimate question: What is her life's true purpose - and is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to? 🚂 - Praise for The Elsewhere Express!
'The Elsewhere Express will carry you to the stars.' -Molly O'Neill, author of Greenteeth 'Wondrous and wonderful' -Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spell Shop 'The Elsewhere Express reads like a Ghibli movie . . . Its musical prose, vast imagination, and exploratory storytelling will spirit you away.' -Charlie N. Holmberg, author of The Paper Magician ''I am dazzled by Samantha Sotto Yambao's extraordinarily beautiful imagination.' -India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels 'I didn't want to leave the elsewhere express after devouring it in 24 hours!' - - - - - 'Finishing The Elsewhere Express forced me to experience all five stages of grief and I could not be happier. I will absolutely continue to look forward to anything Yambao writes!' - - - - - 'The Elsewhere Express was a 5 - daydream full of feeling. It tickled my imagination and made me think. What a beautiful book 💜' - - - - - 'I could read this book over and over again and undoubtedly will.' - - - - -

Samantha Sotto Yambao is a professional daydreamer, aspiring time traveller, and speculative fiction writer based in Manila. She is the author of Before Ever After, Love and Gravity, A Dream of Trees, and The Beginning of Always. Her latest novels Water Moon and The Elsewhere Express were both instant Sunday Times bestsellers.