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Enchanting underwater academia with epistolary romance.
If the depths of the ocean and the intricacies of heartwarming correspondence capture your imagination, "A Letter to the Luminous Deep" is calling out to you. It's a tale that slowly unfurls like a delicate sea anemone, revealing layers of mystery, scholarly pursuits, and unexpected love. Picture the blend of magic and emotion, akin to the joy of finding a rare pearl in an uncharted sea. This book promises to be both an adventure and a tender exploration of affections in a realm beneath the waves.
- Libby Award Nominee for Best Audiobook (2025)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
A Letter to the Luminous Deep
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ISBN: 9780316565530
Authors:
Sylvie Cathrall
Publisher: Orbit
Date of Publication: 2024-04-23
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.68
(rated by 4436 readers)
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A charming fantasy set in an underwater world with magical academia and a heartwarming penpal romance, perfect for fans of A Marvellous Light and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other. Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.'s home, and she and Henerey vanish. A year later, E.'s sister Sophy, and Henerey's brother Vyerin, are left to solve the mystery, piecing together the letters, sketches and field notes left behind—and learn what their siblings’ disappearance might mean for life as they know it. Inspired, immersive, and full of heart, this charming epistolary tale is an adventure into the depths of a magical sea and the limits of the imagination from a marvelous debut voice.
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Enchanting underwater academia with epistolary romance.
If the depths of the ocean and the intricacies of heartwarming correspondence capture your imagination, "A Letter to the Luminous Deep" is calling out to you. It's a tale that slowly unfurls like a delicate sea anemone, revealing layers of mystery, scholarly pursuits, and unexpected love. Picture the blend of magic and emotion, akin to the joy of finding a rare pearl in an uncharted sea. This book promises to be both an adventure and a tender exploration of affections in a realm beneath the waves.
- Libby Award Nominee for Best Audiobook (2025)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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