Elsewhere Express

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Product details

  • ISBN 9780857505316
  • Weight: 656g
  • Dimensions: 163 x 242mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Jan 2026
  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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***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.


DON'T MISS OUT THIS BEAUTIFUL, LIMITED EDITION HARDBACK, featuring gorgeous illustrated endpapers with a scene you can colour in!

'Wondrous and wonderful' SARAH BETH DURST

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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?

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Praise for The Elsewhere Express!

'The Elsewhere Express will carry you to the stars.' —Molly O'Neill

'I didn't want to leave
the elsewhere express after devouring it in 24 hours!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'This book had me sobbing on the beach. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.' —Sydney J. Shields

'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 reads like a Ghibli movie . . . Its musical prose, vast imagination, and exploratory storytelling will spirit you away.' —Charlie N. Holmberg

'The Elsewhere Express was a 5 daydream full of feeling. It tickled my imagination and made me think. What a beautiful book 💜' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

''I am dazzled by Samantha Sotto Yambao's extraordinarily beautiful imagination.' —India Holton

'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. Water Moon, her latest novel and UK debut, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller.

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