The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark new series that reimagines the Oz saga from debut author Danielle Paige I didn't ask for any of this I didn't ask to be some kind of hero But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado-taking you with it-you have no choice but to go along you knowsure I've read the books I've seen the movies I know the song about the rainbow & the happy little blue birds But I never expected Oz to look like this To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted Wicked Witches may just be the good guys & winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion There's still a road of yellow brick-but even that's crumbling What happened? Dorothy They say she found a way to come back to Oz They say she seized power & the power went to her head & now no one is safe My name is Amy Gumm-and I'm the other girl from Kansas I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked I've been trained to fight & I have a mission Remove the Tin Woodman's heart Steal the Scarecrow's brain Take the Lion's courage &-Dorothy must die