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The Wicked Years: A Lion Among Men
While civil war looms the once tiny cub defended by Elphaba arrives to speak with a tetchy oracle named Yackle in search of information about the witch who once saved him. As payment the Lion must surrender his own story, but his life path is no yellow brick road . . .
Return to a darker Oz with Gregory Maguire where a fuller, more complex Cowardly Lion is brought to life and gets to tell his remarkable tale: a story of oppression and fear in a world gone mad with war fever, of Munchkins, Wizards, and Wicked Witches, and especially of a gentle soul and determined survivor who is truly A Lion Among Men.
"Maguire populates his version of Oz with a cast of utterly fantastical characters who must face their own inner demons while tumult and uncertainty rages around them.” -- Booklist