The Wicked Years Quartet 4 Books Collection Set by Gregory Maguire - Paperback Slipcase Boxset - Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, Out of Oz

Titles in This Set: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Son of a Witch A Lion Among Men Out of Oz Condition : Brand New Format : Paperback (4-book boxset with slipcase) ISBN : 9781035427598 Publisher : Headline Overview Discover the dazzling, dark and utterly original world behind the global musical phenomenon Wicked with this complete four-book boxset. Gregory Maguire's Wicked Years quartet reimagines the Land of Oz through the eyes of Elphaba, the misunderstood girl who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Collected together for the first time in a collectable slipcase edition with striking vintage-style artwork, this set is the perfect gift for fans of the stage show, the films, and richly imagined literary fantasy. About the Books Long before Dorothy ever set foot on the yellow brick road, a baby girl was born in the Land of Oz with emerald-green skin — and a destiny that would be twisted by fear, politics and propaganda. Wicked tells her extraordinary story, following Elphaba from a lonely, gifted childhood through university, rebellion and exile, revealing the woman behind the legend of the Wicked Witch of the West. The saga continues in Son of a Witch, which follows Liir, a boy left behind after Elphaba's death, as he searches for the truth about his own identity and his mother's legacy amid a divided Oz. A Lion Among Men shifts perspective again to Brrr, the Cowardly Lion, whose testimony before a mysterious tribunal unravels further secrets about Elphaba, magic, and the price of survival in Oz. The quartet concludes with Out of Oz, a sweeping finale that brings together the surviving threads of the saga as war engulfs the land and Elphaba's granddaughter, Rain, comes into her own extraordinary inheritance. Together, these four novels form one of modern fantasy fiction's most acclaimed and influential reimaginings, praised by Philip Pullman as an astonishing achievement , and now presented in a beautifully designed collector's edition