These Deathless Shores

By: P. H. Low

Narrated by: Mirai

Gorgeous and devastating, P. H. Low’s debut fantasy is a richly reimagined tale of Captain Hook’s origin, a story of cruelty, magic, lost innocence, and the indelible power of stories.

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 addictive magic Dust of her childhood. With nothing left to lose, Jordan returns to the Island and its stories—of pirates and war and the heartlessness of youth—intent on facing Peter one last time, on her own terms.

If that makes her the villain…so be it.

Critic reviews

"In intoxicating, phantasmagorical prose, These Deathless Shores gives us the existential horror of childhoods shadowed by the future betrayal of the body by itself. Fear and denial, heartlessness and cruelty—but also love, and self-determination—combine perfectly in this unremittingly powerful, bleeding gut wound of a book."—Shelley Parker-Chan, bestselling author of the Radiant Emperor series

"These Deathless Shores is an extraordinary debut—P. H. Low's soaring, lyrical prose pulls you down into a glittering, terrifying world full of propulsive action and complex characters that seem to leap from the pages. You think you know how this story goes... you don't. I loved every breathtaking, heartstopping moment." —Sarah Underwood, New York Times bestselling author of Lies We Sing to the Sea

"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

“These Deathless Shores is a gritty, sensual, full-body reading experience that laces horror with tenderness and tenderness with ferocity. It takes the wonder and violence of the original Peter Pan and, magic Dust-like, spins something completely new. An intense, wild ride.”—Emma Törzs, author of Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"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. This book is feral, terrifying, sharper than a sudden bloom of pain, real as the knot in your gut."—Mia Tsai, author of Bitter Medicine

“A fast-paced, action-packed, refreshing, unexpected, unique take on a well-known and loved fairy tale. Through broken, struggling, flawed yet courageous characters, Low illuminates gender roles and calls into question what marks the end of childhood and what marks adulthood. These Deathless Shores is emotionally daunting and weighted and shows us the power of belief and imagination even in the bleakness of reality, pain, and death.” —Ai Jiang, Nebula and Locus finalist and author of Linghun and I am Ai

good story but was but a fan of the writing

the author gets to wordy at times with description. a single conversion takes to long to get through