The Things That I Do
These Deathless Shores
By P. H. Low
23 Aug, 2024
Doing the WFC's Homework
P. H. Low’s 2024’s These Deathless Shores is a secondary-universe South-Asian revisiting of Peter Pan.
As children, pals Jordan and Baron took Peter up on his invitation, abandoning homes and families to become Lost Boys on the Island. Nine years ago, the pair were among the lucky few who survived adolescence by fleeing the Island. The mundane world proved a bitter disappointment. The gap in his education left Baron a dismal scholar, while Jordan’s incessant use of Dust left her hopelessly addicted to Dust. There is no Dust in the mundane world. There is karsa, but it is a pale substitute for Dust and it’s ultimately fatal for the addict.
For Jordan to survive, she must find her way back to the Island. For reasons that probably don’t stand up to rational examination, Baron joins in Jordan’s quest. But how to return to an Island notoriously difficult to reach?