Lost Princess of Oz

In the Land of Oz, something impossible has happened. Princess Ozma, the beloved ruler of this magical realm, has vanished, stolen away in the night. But that's not all: someone is systematically stealing magic from the most powerful beings in Oz, from Glinda the Good Witch to the Wizard himself. The thief has left behind a trail of powerless wonders, and Dorothy Gale, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion, must race across uncharted territories of Oz to find their missing princess and recover the stolen enchantments. The deeper they travel into forgotten corners of this familiar land, the clearer it becomes that a magician of terrifying skill is behind it all, one whose ambitions could unravel everything Oz holds dear. Baum weaves delightful new characters and strange kingdoms into this adventure, but beneath the whimsy lies a genuine tension: what happens when the guardians themselves become vulnerable? This is Oz at its most inventive and its most vulnerable, a story about what happens when the line between helper and helpee dissolves entirely.