A Lion Among Men (The Wicked Years, Book 3)

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Part of A Lion Among Men (The Wicked Years · Book 3

Category: Fantasy

Narrator: Unknown

Tags: Fantasy

The entertaining third installment of bestseller Maguires Wicked Years series, a revisionist chronicle of L. Frank Baums classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, examines the tragically misunderstood life of the Cowardly Lion before and after his adventures with Dorothy and company. As all-out war looms between the Munchkinland guerrillas and the emperor of Ozs Emerald City soldiers, Brrr the lion, now working as an imperial spy, must somehow glean invaluable information from a crone named Yackle before she dies. But during his interrogation of the irritable oracle, Brrr, the proverbial loner and outsider, uncovers insights into his own mysterious pastand finally begins to understand what it feels like to belong. As usual, the author mixes some relatively weighty existential themesthe search for self, faith, redemptioninto his whimsical story line. Newcomers to Maguires Oz should probably begin with Wicked, the first entry in this darkly enchanting saga.