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The Elsewhere Express

ISBN 
9780857505323
Format 
Trade Paperback
Recommended Price 
R395.00
Published 
March 2026
About the book: 
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 train’s endless journey is a chance for Raya to reimagine her life – but only if she finds her compartment before time runs out.
 
On board, Raya meets a charming, handsome 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 and everything in it. 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 might Q be connected to it?
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About the Author

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.  Water Moon  is her latest novel and UK debut. 

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