{"product_id":"wicked-years-03-a-lion-among-men","title":"A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in the Wicked Years","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003eIn \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eA Lion Among Men \u003c\/span\u003eGregory Maguire continues to flesh out the world of Oz, seen this time through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion--remembered from \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eWicked\u003c\/span\u003e as a tiny cub defended by Elphaba.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003eWhile civil war looms in Oz, an ancient and tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before she can return to dust, however, the Cowardly Lion--an enigmatic figure named Brrr--arrives in search of information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. As payment, Yackle who hovered on the sidelines of Elphaba's life, demands some answers of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003eAbandoned as a cub, Brrr's earliest memories are only gluey hazes. But his path from infancy in the Great Gillikin Forest is no Yellow Brick Road. Seeking to redress an early mistake, he tumbles through a swamp of ghosts, becomes implicated in a massacre of trolls, and falls in love with a Cat princess. Sidestepping the laws that oppress talking Animals, Brrr cannily avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the warmongering Emperor of Oz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eA Lion Among Men \u003c\/span\u003etraces a battle of wits between adversaries distracted by the armies approaching on either side of them. What does the Lion know of the whereabouts of the Witch's boy, Liir? What can Yackle reveal about the auguries of the Clock of the Time Dragon? Is destiny ever arbitrary? Can those tarnished by infamy escape their sobriquets--cowardly, wicked, brainless, criminally earnest--to claim their own histories, to live honorably within their own skins before they're skinned alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGregory Maguire\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e bestselling author of the Wicked Years, a series that includes \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWicked\u003c\/span\u003e--the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name and the major motion picture--\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSon of a Witch\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Lion Among Men\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOut of Oz\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003eHis series Another Day continues the story of Oz with \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Brides of Maracoor\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Oracle of Maracoor\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Witch of Maracoor\u003c\/span\u003e, and his other novels include \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Wild Winter Swan\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHiddensee\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfter Alice\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLost\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMirror Mirror\u003c\/span\u003e. Some of his novels for children include \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCress Watercress\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLeaping Beauty\u003c\/span\u003e, and\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Egg \u0026amp; Spoon\u003c\/span\u003e, winner of a \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBoston Globe-Horn Book \u003c\/span\u003eAward Honor. 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