The story in detail
"What if Neverland was real - and broke?
What if the dreams we've lost come back to get us?"
Thalvarin, several years after the fall of the Blackness. While the distant neighboring continent of Aethrandor slowly recovers from the wounds of the Great War, Thalvarin thrives in its shielded tranquility. Fragile peace reigns in the ancient libraries and steam-powered workshops of this isolated land.
But when seventeen-year-old orphan Finneas Griffin receives a mysterious package, everything changes. The legacy of his lost grandfather Jonathan: a mysterious notebook that tells of fantastic things. Of a place beyond Thalvarin, of floating continents and cities in the clouds. Of Nýthælor - the land that the old stories only know as Neverland. Of a legendary airship that wanders between worlds.
Captain Jonathan Griffin didn't just disappear. He has fallen deeper than the maps of Thalvarin reach.
Together with a crew of dreamers, scholars and rebels, Finn makes the discovery of a lifetime: the airship *Echoes of Neverland* really exists - drifting between worlds for decades without a guide, as if it were itself searching for something lost. On board the *Echoes of Neverland*, Finn reaches the boundaries of his isolated world for the first time and discovers the impossible: floating islands drifting across endless skies. What begins as a search for a missing grandfather becomes a journey into the heart of a broken childhood.
Neverland is not the magical paradise from the legends. The once Lost Boys wander through ruined palaces as corrupted shadows. The Tinker Fairy, once the bringer of light and symbol of magic, has become bitter. Captain James, the man with the hook - once the antagonist of children's stories - haunts the eternal mists in his cursed ship. And although the Great Blackness has been defeated, another darkness lurks in the depths of Nýthælor - led by an entity that wanders through the stories as Thalvorn the Shadowcatcher.
The deeper Finn and his crew delve into the hidden paths between the worlds, the clearer it becomes: This darkness is not an alien enemy. It lives in his family. In his blood. And his beloved grandfather, whose footsteps he follows, is at the center of a truth that threatens all worlds.
When the shimmering gates of Neverland open, the crew are not expecting miracles - but a huge armada of corrupted shadow walkers.
A cinematic dark fantasy adventure between worlds
ECHOES OF NEVERLAND - Chronicles of the Echoes is the standalone prelude to the second trilogy of the atmospheric "Echoes of Neverland" saga. Years after the events surrounding the Snow Feather and the battle against the Blackness, this new story takes us from the steam-powered wonders of Thalvarin into the darkest secrets of a world where fairy tales become nightmares and the line between hero and monster is thinner than you might think.
A cinematic dark fantasy adventure about the legacy of dreams, getting lost in your own heart and the desperate attempt to save magic when evil has a familiar name. Amidst the rubble of once shining childhood myths, Finn must face a truth greater than all prophecies: Sometimes the greatest danger lies not in the darkness - but in the part of us that secretly admires it.
For all those who find the magic of wonder in the stories of The Brothers Lionheart, Willow, Walter Moers and Terry Pratchett - and for readers of His Dark Materials and The Neverending Story who are fascinated when familiar myths lose their innocence. And for readers who know: The most dangerous secrets are often the ones our own family keeps.
"Not everyone who gets lost in Neverland ever finds their way home again.
Some become what they originally wanted to fight."
- Maxim Matthew
