The Shadow of Oz

"It's unpredictable, laugh-out-loud funny in places, intensely dark, whimsical, and a delight."--Helen Lester, reviewer Enter a fantasy world that is so familiar and yet so different from the Oz of your childhood. Dorothy is a tragic girl trapped inside her own head with memories of the trauma she witnessed. One tragic night, she decides to put an end to her suffering. Instead of waking up in Heaven or Hell, Dorothy awakens in the magickal land of Oz. She is given an option to go home, but why would she do that when the entity living inside the ruby red slippers she wore had promised her so much more. All she had to do was collect all four of the magickal items of Oz and then conquer the corrupt wizard which ruled the Emerald City. She'd have to kill a few people, but what's a little murder when you're fighting to get back the only person you ever loved? Full of dark reimaginings of your favorite Oz characters plus other characters pulled from the Frank Baum Oz series of books. This is far from being your mother's Wizard of Oz. Dorothy has a dark prophecy to fulfill. She is the Shadow of Oz.