Alias Hook

By: Lisa Jensen

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

"Every child knows how the story ends. The wicked pirate captain is flung overboard, caught in the jaws of the monster crocodile who drags him down to a watery grave. But it was not yet my time to die. It's my fate to be trapped here forever, in a nightmare of childhood fancy, with that infernal, eternal boy."

Meet Captain James Benjamin Hook, a witty, educated Restoration-era privateer cursed to play villain to a pack of malicious little boys in a pointless war that never ends. But everything changes when Stella Parrish, a forbidden grown woman, dreams her way to the Neverland in defiance of Pan's rules. From the glamour of the Fairy Revels to the secret ceremonies of the First Tribes to the mysterious underwater temple beneath the Mermaid Lagoon, the magical forces of the Neverland open up for Stella as they never have for Hook. And in the pirate captain himself, she begins to see someone far more complex than the storybook villain.

With Stella's knowledge of folk and fairy tales, she might be Hook's last chance for redemption and release if they can break his curse before Pan and his warrior boys hunt her down and drag Hook back to their never-ending game.

Alias Hook is a beautifully and romantically written adult fairy tale perfect for fans of Gregory Maguire and Paula Brackston.

©2014 Lisa Jensen (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Good story about adulthood

I loved that the heroes were real people and adults. The new twist on a classic was very well done!

Fantastic!

I've of the best things I've heard in awhile. A wonderful take on a classic.

Exciting listen

I really enjoyed this for a couple reasons. The first was because it was an adult story without getting too raunchy with the intimacy, and the second was because of the excitement of it. It wasn’t so long that I couldn’t listen to it in a couple days and it reinforced my dislike of Peter Pan, who I have never really liked to begin with! I will definitely recommend this to my friends.

Great Take

I really enjoyed this take on Peter Pan. although I gave it one extra star just because I loved how the mermaids were pertrayed.

Absolutely Brilliant

I found this book absolutely brilliant. I have not enjoyed a Capt. Hook novel since I was a child and this one was written more towards the adult in mind.