# The Elsewhere Express

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- Book: [The Elsewhere Express](https://www.bookquiver.com/samantha-sotto/the-elsewhere-express) ([The Elsewhere Express.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/samantha-sotto/the-elsewhere-express.md))
- Authors: [Samantha Sotto Yambao](https://www.bookquiver.com/samantha-sotto)
- Publisher: bantam
- ISBN: 978-08-5750-531-6
- Pages: 432
- Published: 2026-01-22
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

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 train’s endless journey is a chance for Raya to reimagine her life – but only if she finds her compartment before time runs out. On board, Raya meets a charming, handsome 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 and everything in it. 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 might Q be connected to it?