Kage Baker’s acclaimed story for young readers THE HOTEL UNDER THE SAND is a Kindle Daily Deal for Friday, March 27.

For today only, the ebook is available for just $1.99!

2010 Andre Norton and Mythopoeic Award nominee
2010 Locus Award runner-up

“Wow! I read The Hotel Under the Sand with delight and joy. It’s wonderful, wacky and spooky, and serious and FUN. It also strikes
me as utterly original (which is quite rare). In fact—although this is
something one should always say with some caution—it wouldn’t surprise
me if it turned out to be a classic and went on down the ages along with
Alice and Oz and the very few others that have become immortal.”
—Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl’s Moving Castle

Nine-year-old Emma is lost at sea in a terrible storm. She awakens on
a desolate island, frightened and lonely. Yet brave, quick-witted Emma
will not be alone for long, as the ghost of a bellboy appears with the
tragic tale of the Grand Wenlocke.

“It’s exciting to come upon a book that serves not only as a great story to share with your kids, but one that has some undeniably
unusual—and geeky—features.”
—Wired.com

More than a century ago, a brilliant inventor built a splendid
Victorian resort, the Grand Wenlocke. The hotel was powered by a
Difference Engine, a miraculous device that could slow down time (making
your vacation just as long as you’d like). But just before it was
scheduled to open, the Grand Wenlocke mysteriously sank under the sand.
Now the storm that brought Emma to the island has awakened the hotel,
perfectly preserved and as incredible as ever.

“…charming…Baker’s first book for younger readers is a delight.”
—Denver Post

While exploring the magical hotel, Emma encounters a kind-hearted
cook and her faithful little dog, a seemingly fearsome pirate captain,
and the imperious young heir to the Wenlocke fortune (should it ever be
recovered). Adventure, friendship, peril, and perhaps even treasure—all
these and more await Emma at the hotel under the sand.

“Kage Baker’s The Hotel Under the Sand will grab you on page
one and never let you go until you finish reading and beg for more.
Young Emma is exactly the kind of little girl I wish I’d had for a
sister and would love to have for a daughter. She’s smart, brave, and
good. Her adventures are wonderful, her companions are amazing, and The Hotel Under the Sand will send you back to the bookshop to search for every Kage Baker book you can find.”
—Richard A. Lupoff, author of Marblehead

“I read it all in one sitting, enjoying the characters and the
well-crafted plot very much, and want to read it soon to my
granddaughters. Kage Baker used the fantasy structure with a light
touch, reassuring but exciting, and the Wenlocke itself is a wonderful
creation. Baker writes well without writing down to her young audience;
in fact, she invites them to stretch and reach.”
—Cecilia Holland, author of Until the Sun Falls

“…skillfully written….”
—Publishers Weekly

“Kage Baker is already well-known among adult readers for her science-fiction series The Company, but her new children’s book The Hotel Under the Sand is bound to win her plenty of new readers among the younger set.”
—Omivoracious.com

“Refreshingly original…. Although Baker is an established author of
science fiction and fantasy for adults, this novel is written so
naturally that it is difficult to believe it is her debut for younger
readers.”
—VOYA Library Journal

“There are few books that I immediately want to press into the hands
of other readers the instant I turn the last page. My copy of Hotel will be one that I hand to my daughter in a few years. First, however, I’m going to force it on everybody I know.”
—Locus

“…a strangely delightful story.”
—Charlotte’s Library

“The Hotel Under the Sand is the kind of book that you resolve to send to your nieces and nephews even before you have finished the first page.”
—Reading the Leaves

“I just wanted more!”
—Fantasy Book Critic

For more on THE HOTEL UNDER THE SAND, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Ann Monn