A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in The Wicked Years

"Maguireisfullofstorytellingbrio...hisOZismeticulouslydrawn."—NewYorkTimesonWicked"InthemuchanticipatedthirdvolumeoftheWickedYears,wereturntoOz,seennowthroughtheeyesoftheCowardlyLion.WhilecivilwarloomsinOz,atetchyoraclenamedYacklepreparesfordeath.Beforeherfinalhour,afigureknownasBrrr—theCowardlyLion—arrivessearchingforinformationaboutElphabaThropp,theWickedWitchoftheWest.Abandonedasacub,hispathfrominfancyisnoYellowBrickRoad.InthewakeoflawsthatoppresstalkingAnimals,heavoidsajailsentencebyagreeingtoserveasalackeytothewarmongeringEmperorofOz.ALionAmongMenchroniclesabattleofwitshastenedbytheEmeraldCity'sapproachingarmies.Canthosetarnishedbyinfamyescapetheirsobriquetstoclaimtheirownhistories,tolivehonorablywithintheirownskinsbeforethey'reskinnedalive?GregoryMaguire'snewnoveliswrittenwiththesympahtyandpowerthathavemadehisbookscontemporaryclassics.