Water Moon

Full of adventure and marvellous creativity, Water Moon surprises and delights with every turn of the page. I didn’t want to leave this fascinating world. Sam Sotto Yambao has written an inventive, refreshing fantasy here * Megan Bannen, bestselling author of THE UNDERTAKING OF HART AND MERCY *Water Moon is unlike anything I’ve ever read, full of wonders and terrors…a haunting, half-remembered dream of a book * Gareth Brown, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE BOOK OF DOORS *A spellbinding journey into a magical Ghibliesque world where regrets and memories can be bartered, where appearances are not what they seem, and where dreams, free will, and destiny are pitted against fate. Endlessly inventive, this haunting and enchanting tale is not to be missed * A.Y. Chao, author of SHANGHAI IMMORTAL *An engaging, dreamy fantasy with an atmosphere reminiscent of a Studio Ghibli production * Guardian *What a bright, fresh voice Samantha Sotto Yambao has brought to the literary world. Water Moon is a novel for all the senses, but its true magic lies in being breathtakingly visual. You will be spirited away * Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Other Birds *Water Moon is a dreamy, ethereal fantasy, set in a fascinating faerie tale world with appropriately dark corners. Fans of Hayao Miyazaki will love this one * Olivia Atwater, author of Half a Soul *A Studio Ghibliesque tale of whimsy and water in which the protagonists enter a fantasy world to find missing things and also themselves * Sunday Times Style *Water Moon is one of those rare, unique reads that stay with you long after you turn the final page. With its lyrical writing and philosophically poignant themes, Water Moon clings to your soul and renders it transformed * Rania Hanna, author of The Jinn Daughter *Whimsical, poignant, thought-provoking, and wildly adventurous, Samantha Sotto Yambao’s Water Moon will bend your imagination in the very best of ways * Mikki Brammer, author of The Collected Regrets of Clover *For Studio Ghibli fans, Water Moon is going to become your new favorite book * Bookriot *

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.