Goodreads asked Nix Damon:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Nix Damon Moira's whole series was originally inspired by Peter Pan, but it's taken on a life of its own during my personal research and exploration into European colonization of Australia.

So, this string of books is a strange blend of Peter Pan clashing with the idealism and struggle faced by First Nations, strangled by the dichotomous and treacherous nature of humanity, all revealed through the thick and warbled lens of fantasy/fairytale/sci-fi/cyberpunk storytelling.

Currently, I'm working on the fourth (heartily messy) installment in this more-than-three series, which hones in on the struggles of an oppressed people fighting politically and physically to break free from their oppressors.

It's not glorified or dignified. It's not clean and "right." It's questionable, it's dirty, it's flawed. It's two wild boys who become brothers: one who is cerebral, earthy, and violent, and one who is emotional, airy, and conversational.

"Moira" and the following books are indeed thoroughly fiction with only small grains of reality. However, much of the inspiration came from the very real cries of the oppressed and a boy who is said to go a little ways with the souls of dead children so that they are not afraid of their last and final journey.

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