The Myth
Alice Liddel was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his famous storybook.
The Truth
Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills Alyss's parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the pools of Tears. But in the pool Alyss and Hatter are separated. lost and alone in Victorian london, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author, to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Yet he gets the story all wrong. Hatter Madigan knows the truth only too well, and he is searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland so she may battle Redd for her rightful places as the Queen of Hearts.
"Beddor makes ample use of Carroll-esque humor and wit. An entertaining diversion."
--Publishers Weekly--
"Alice in Wonderland gets an update in this first installment of a planned trilogy. Can she survive assassination attempts by the vicious Cat with nine lives, a spy amongst her faithful followers, a trek across the Chessboard Desert to Redd's fortress at Mount Isolation and a duel of White vs. Black Imagination?"
--Kirkus Reviews--
"Beddor offers some intriguing reimaginings of Dodgson's concepts (such as looking - glass travel) and characters (the cat is an assassin with nine lives). His attention has, happily, put Wonderland back on the map again."
--Booklist--