The Tin Woodman of Oz: A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, Assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter

The Tin Woodman was once Nick Chopper, a flesh-and-blood Munchkin woodchopper who loved a girl named Nimmie Amee. An enchanted axe severed his limbs one by one, each replaced with tin, until he became entirely metal. His heart still beat with love for his sweetheart, but circumstance and time kept them apart. Now he rules as prince of the Winkies in his gleaming tin castle, until a wandering boy named Woot arrives and asks the question no one has dared pose: why hasn't he gone to find her? What follows is a quest across the magical landscapes of Oz, joined by the Scarecrow and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter, through forests where trees speak and cities where nothing is quite as it seems. This is adventure wrapped in melancholy, a story about whether love survives transformation, whether a heart of tin can still ache, and whether we can ever truly return to who we once were.