GOD OF NEVERLAND

An action-packed adventure following a former Lost Boy who must save Peter Pan from a Neverland on the brink of collapse.

Michael Darling has finally grown up. The devastatingly real fallout from World War I convinces him to retire from his long career at the Knights of the Round, an ancient organization dedicated to protecting humanity from magical threats (and in this world, all magic - all stories, all legends, all myths, from all over the world - is real). But when Peter Pan, also known as Maponos, the Celtic god of youth, goes missing, he knows he can't quit just yet. Tapped for one final mission, Michael will go beyond death to save his childhood best friend and everything he stands for.

GOD OF NEVERLAND follows the retelling tradition of a hero who returns to his childhood realm to discover that it's been corrupted -- Martinez's dark, supernatural-laced Neverland is closer to The Upside Down in Stranger Things or the jungle in Heart of Darkness than to Disney's island paradise -- yet is written in a light, accessible and snarky style that falls somewhere between V.E. Schwab and Kevin Hearne. For readers of lightly historical fantasy and modern fairy tale mash ups, and addicts of the CW show Supernatural or ABC's Once Upon A Time.

Gama Ray Martinez is a student of Brandon Sanderson, who has called Gama "an excellent writer." He lives near Salt Lake City, Utah, collects antique weapons in case he ever needs to supply a medieval battalion, and greatly resents when work or other real-life things get in the way of writing.