He promised they’d never grow up.

He never said they would survive.

The Story

A blight spreads.

Shadows rise.

Lost Boys vanish without a trace.

Tinker Bell, running from a harrowing past, buries her memories beneath a façade of silence and secrecy.

But when a creeping blight begins to rot the Neverwood, the Darling children arrive in Neverland, and Pan’s grip over the Lost Boys and Tinker Bell tightens, she must confront a reality she has long evaded.

And it will cost her everything.

When her past catches up with her in the form of a pirate captain who remembers too much, Tinker Bell is forced to choose between the safety of forgetting and the danger of uncovering the truth.

For in Neverland, truth is treason.

Memories are currency.

And remembering kills.

This isn’t the Neverland you remember.

This is the one they tried to forget.

A dark, lyrical reimagining of a classic tale where memory is a weapon, magic runs wild, and the boy who refuses to grow up is the one you should fear most.

For fans of classic literature, Leigh Bardugo, Holly Black, and the tragic elegance of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

The novel is an exploration of Jungian psychology principles such as the shadow self and the unconscious mind expressed through the metaphor of Pan’s severed shadow, the chilling nature of the Lost Boys and their lack of memory, and the wild, ever-changing landscape of Neverland itself. It delves into themes of the shadow and the self, the corruption of innocence, memory and identity, power dynamics, and moral ambiguity.

TROPES:

  • SECOND-CHANCE ROMANCE

  • SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE

  • FORCED PROXIMITY

  • THE RELUCTANT HEROINE (AND HERO)

  • THE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR

  • THE DOUBLE AGENT

  • FOUND FAMILY

  • DEALS AT THE CROSSROADS

  • THE ULTIMATE EVIL