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Published Oct 2009
384 pages
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History
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The Heart Crystal's power has been depleted, and Imagination along with it. The people of Wonderland have all lost their creative drive, and most alarmingly, even Queen Alyss is without her powers. There is some comfort in the fact that the vicious Redd Heart seems to be similarly disabled. Amazingly, she is attempting to team up with her enemy, Alyss, in order to reclaim Wonderland from King Arch. Alyss might have no choice but to accept Redd's overtures, especially when she begins to receive alarming advice from the caterpillar oracles.
"Beddor offers happy resolutions for favorite characters." - Booklist.
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Frank Beddor had already had a couple of intense careers, a professional
skier (two-time freestyle world champion) and filmmaker (producer of the 1998
hit There’s Something About Mary) before deciding to become an author (of the
New York Times best sellers The Looking Glass Wars, Seeing Redd, and Arch Enemy of the Looking Glass Wars trilogy).
After the global success of There’s Something About Mary, he formed Automatic
Pictures, over which he still presides, to develop creative properties. “After
‘Mary’ I put a bunch of projects into development,” he says. “At the same time,
though, I was coming to realize that, as a producer, you’re a facilitator for
the creative team, but what I really wanted to be was a creator. Of course it’...
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