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The Child Thief

By: Brom
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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In the vein of Gregory Maguire’s bestselling works, the award-winning artist Brom takes us on a haunting look at the true world of Peter Pan, in his first full-length novel. From modern day New York to the dying land of Faerie, The Child Thief reveals the world of Peter Pan through the eyes of an insecure runaway who is seduced by Peter’s charm. But any dreams of a fairy wonderland are quickly replaced by the reality of life and death survival as Peter’s recruits are forced into a lethal battle in which the line between good and evil is blurred.

©2010 Brom (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Horror Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Magic
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What a beautiful recipe of dark fairytail, modern day and madness all rolled into one glorious story.

Amazing

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I loved this book, honestly everything about it was excellent, this is the story of Peter pan we need, and the narrator does a brilliant job, his character voices and reading is seamless, I really can't say enough good things. Started this book because I got so bored of another series I was listening to that was getting slow with poor narrating and this just reminded me how good audio books can be

fantastic tale, truly a great book

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It’s a beautifully dark and twisted adaptation of Peter Pan. I absolutely loved it, it made me cry so much.

:,) it’s so good

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What an awesome retelling of such a twisted childhood tale! Very well done. Fabulous narration as well - thoroughly enjoyed this book! Brom has quickly become one of my favourite authors - on to read Slewfoot!

Brilliant!

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This is the Peter Pan that that should have been made into movie. Excellently written and what a exceptional performance by the narrator. I bought all of Brom's other books, and I mean all of them, audio and hardback off the back of this, I start Krampus tomorrow.

What an exceptionally excellent story

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Was a great first book, a really good twisted dark side to a Peter pan type of story. Really enjoyed it.

Great story

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I wanted to like this story. I loved the idea, a dark Peter Pan spin. It had the right fantasy elements, and real world brutality to set the scene. The problem was it hit a certain tempo, and then stayed there. There was nothing to break up the neverending darkness, and it became emotionally taxing to keep listening when I was looking for a story to escape into. I DNF.

The scarce light moments weren't enough to keep me hooked in.

Dreary

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