Price range: £4.99 through £9.99
Inspired by J.M. Barrie’s beloved children story Peter Pan and focusing on family, freedom and choice, These Deathless Shores is an exciting genderbent origin story told from the perspective Captain Hook, perfect for fans of Jade City by Fonda Lee.
File Under: Fantasy
Jordan was once a Lost Boy, convinced she would never grow up.
Now, she’s twenty-two and exiled to the real world, still suffering withdrawal from the magic Dust of her childhood – and the drug she’s using to medicate that withdrawal is wreaking its final, fatal effects.
With nothing left to lose, Jordan returns to the Island and its stories – of pirates and war and the cruelty of youth – intent on facing Peter one last time, on her own terms.
But Peter isn’t the only malevolent force moving against her. As Jordan confronts the nature of Dust, first love, and the violent legacy carved into the land itself, she realizes the Island may have plans of its own.
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Published with permission from Great Ormond Street Hospital
“Gorgeous and unforgiving, THESE DEATHLESS SHORES is the Captain Hook origin story I never knew I needed. Come for the lush expansiveness of the world, stay for the incisive examination of gender, colonialism, and ambition. This book will sink its teeth into you and not let go.”
– Grace D. Li, New York Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief
“It takes a careful hand to balance both the brutality and the gentleness that is in THESE DEATHLESS SHORES but Low’s impeccably sharp prose manages the perfect potent mix. Read this, and never see Peter Pan the same way again.”
– Em X. Liu, author of The Death I Gave Him
“THESE DEATHLESS SHORES is Peter Pan as never seen before: a raw look at the consequences of never growing up and being unable to sever the tethers to the past. Low’s lush, rich prose stuns, all while crushing you in an emotional mangle. THESE DEATHLESS SHORES is feral, terrifying, sharper than a sudden bloom of pain, real as the knot in your gut.”
–Mia Tsai, author of Bitter Medicine
“These Deathless Shores accomplishes the perfect fantasy hat-trick: an electrifying plot, characterization as deep and expansive as the ocean, and captivating world-building—and all while wrapped in prose that rings with the skillful tongue of a poet. This phenomenally original, emotionally devastating tale about the violence of growing up in a deeply unfair world manages to keep the reader on their toes to its breathless and satisfying end and is sure to appeal to fans of This is How You Lose the Time War.”
– Maria Dong, author of Liar, Dreamer, Thief and Psychopomp
