Orphans of the Tide

Author Struan Murray, illustrated by Manuel Sumberac
Narrator Lucian Msamati, Georgina Campbell
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Publish Date 20 February 2020
Run Time 9 hours
Format Audio
Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy.

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The City was built on a sharp mountain that jutted improbably from the sea, and the sea kept trying to claim it back. That grey morning, once the tide had retreated, a whale was found on a rooftop.

When a mysterious boy washes in with the tide, the citizens believe he's the Enemy - the god who drowned the world - come again to cause untold chaos.

Only Ellie, a fearless young inventor living in a workshop crammed with curiosities, believes he's innocent.

But the Enemy can take possession of any human body and the ruthless Inquisition are determined to destroy it forever.

To save the boy, Ellie must prove who he really is - even if that means revealing her own dangerous secret . . .

© Struan Murray 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

A sumptuously atmospheric adventure . . . Murray is a tirelessly inventive storyteller

The Daily Telegraph

Gripping . . . with a touch of Frances Hardinge's bizarre brilliance

The Guardian

Unputdownable . . . Murray has an extraordinary imagination

The Times

Energetic and inventive . . . and with some startling surprises, this is also touching about friendship, siblings, loss and courage

The Sunday Times

Struan Murray . . . effortlessly joins the ranks of the most skilled world-creators . . . Unpredictable, filled with plot twists and shades of moral grey, Orphans of the Tide is both gripping and original.

The Observer

A beautifully written fantasy adventure with prose that is both muscular and musical, and outstanding world building.

Irish Independent

Orphans of the Tide is singularly brilliant. So inventive, and weird, and beautiful, with just the right amount of bite and darkness. I predict big things!

Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars and The Mercies

I loved it! Dark and thrilling. Great characters to root for. Perilous plot. Extraordinary, vivid world building . . . brilliant!

Eloise Williams, Children's Laureate Wales

The most original opening I've read in years and a plot twist that turns brilliantly

Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song

This is a terrific debut of strange myths and dark secrets, fierce loyalties and ruthless villains, told against the thrilling backdrop of a half submerged city.

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