Peter doesn't disappear.That's the problem.After the sudden death of his parents, Peter begins to notice something wrong with the world around him. People answer questions he hasn't spoken. Teachers thank him for things he never did. Sometimes, he is already somewhere before he arrives.Near the abandoned rail lines outside Thornebridge, something is fractured-not just the land, but identity itself. Neverland does not steal children. It simplifies them. It rewards the versions that move without hesitation, the selves that make the world easier to manage.As Peter struggles to remain whole, the town begins to choose another version of him-one that doesn't pause, doesn't doubt, doesn't resist. And the more Peter insists on staying, the more dangerous staying becomes.This Is Neverland: You Are Not Alone is a psychological horror novel about grief, dissociation, and the quiet violence of being replaced by who the world prefers you to be.Neverland is not a place you escape.It is a place you survive-by staying.