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A Lion Among Men

The Wicked Years, Volume 3

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A Lion Among Men

By: Gregory Maguire
Narrated by: John McDonough
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In the much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion.

While civil war looms in Oz, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, a figure known as Brrr - the Cowardly Lion - arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West.

Abandoned as a cub, his path from infancy is no Yellow Brick Road. In the wake of laws that oppress talking animals, he avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the warmongering Emperor of Oz.

A Lion Among Men chronicles a battle of wits hastened by the Emerald City's approaching armies. Can those tarnished by infamy escape their sobriquets to claim their own histories, to live honorably within their own skins before they're skinned alive?

Gregory Maguire's new novel is written with the sympathy and power that have made his books contemporary classics.

©2008 Gregory Maguire (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers Contemporary Epic Fairy Tales Fantasy Paranormal & Urban
Rich Storytelling • Complex Characters • Intelligent Writing • Imaginative Worldbuilding • Immersive Performance
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The mix and edits between chapters need work, but good overall. Everything else was stellar!

Error with final mix

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Make sure you can focus on the story…. If you miss anything, you will miss everything! Glad the narrator returned to do the third book… Loved this volume in the series!!!💜💜💜🦁

Complex and Worth Staying w/It!!

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This book is great, and the narrator is fantastic, but the spontaneous musical interludes are WILD! They’re jarring, and feel like they’re maybe inserted by mistake.

Ok, but this music…

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I like this book and hope he writes more about OZ

Great

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another great addition to the series. as a person who has loved any storey to do with OZ. I feel in love with this series because it gave a different perspective of the witch.

great book

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Not as interesting as Wicked or even Son of a Witch. However, I did enjoy the philosophical pondering even when they caused the tempo of the story to lag.

Philosophical and wordy but worth a listen.

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I love the voice changes it brings you in and you can picture the whole thing

intriguing

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It's funny, but for such simply told stories (in many ways) ...the depth of detail accumulates very quietly. The story is BIG and it is ushered forwards from a different characters perspective in each book in the series. It's not simply a re-visiting of the neighborhood of a previously told story... it's a forwarding of a much bigger story. And before I knew it, ...the story had acquired a LOT of very rich details along the way. It's Elpheba's story, and Leer's too, and Ozma's ...and the Cumberland Witch's, ...and... Yackel, and Brrrrr.... , and.... Nor, ...and ...Shell, ...and... (Note: since this is all "audible" ...I really don't know how to spell these names correctly <lol>).

A very BIG story...

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After coming off of an excellent story line it seemed that the author found it hard to find his way to the second part of the story. It is still interesting, although to me, not quite as engaging. Although that could have had something to do with switching readers. It is never a good idea to do this in a series, but most especially not to the author! They write a great story, but usually always are crappy readers. I am getting ready to start the 3rd book in the series and am hoping it will be better again, as it is back to the original reader.

Still worth the listen.

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Much is slowly explained but not everything. There's music in between some chapters that is just bizarre. Glad original narrator from first book is back.

Final book explains ties up alot

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