Fiction – Fantasy – Romance – Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

RELEASE DATE: 1/14/2025 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER’S)

A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike and enchanting fantasy novel.

Endlessly inventive . . . A spellbinding journey into a magical Ghibli-esque world.A. Y. Chao, author of Shanghai Immortal

On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen onesthose who are lostwill find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets.

Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshops new owner to find it ransacked, the shops most precious acquisition stolen, and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike its other customers, for he offers help instead of seeking it.

Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hanas father and the stolen choiceby way of rain puddles, rides on paper cranes, the bridge between midnight and morning, and a night market in the clouds.

But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her ownand risk making a choice that she will never be able to take back.

AUTHOR BIO:

Samantha Sotto Yambaois a professional daydreamer, aspiring time traveler, and speculative fiction writer based in Manila, the Philippines. She is the author ofBefore Ever After, Love and Gravity, A Dream of Trees,andThe Beginning of Always.Water Moonis her fifth novel.

“What a bright, fresh voice Samantha Sotto Yambao has brought to the literary world.Water Moonis 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 Timesbestselling author ofOther Birds

“Water Moonis unlike anything I’ve ever read, full of wonders and terrors . . . a haunting, half-remembered dream of a book.”–Gareth Brown,Sunday Timesbestselling author ofThe Book of Doors

“Full of adventure and marvelous creativity,Water Moonsurprises and delights with every turn of the page. I didn’t want to leave this fascinating world. Samantha Sotto Yambao has written an inventive, refreshing fantasy.”–Megan Bannen, bestselling author ofThe Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“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 ofShanghai Immortal

“Water Moonis 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 Moonclings to your soul and renders it transformed.”–Rania Hanna, author ofThe Jinn Daughter

“Water Moonis a dreamy, ethereal fantasy, set in a fascinating fairy-tale world with appropriately dark corners. Fans of Hayao Miyazaki will love this one.”–Olivia Atwater, author ofHalf a Soul

“Whimsical, poignant, thought-provoking, and wildly adventurous, Samantha Sotto Yambao’sWater Moonwill bend your imagination in the very best of ways.”–Mikki Brammer, author ofThe Collected Regrets of Clover