Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

An Apple Books Classic edition.

Long before dark undertones became a regular element of the fantasy genre, L. Frank Baum sent Dorothy Gale into one of the strangest worlds readers had ever imagined. Written soon after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz begins with a seismic event that plunges Dorothy, her cousin Zeb, her cat Eureka, and the humbug Wizard deep underground into a chain of eerie kingdoms where nothing alive seems quite human.

Glass-skinned people, invisible hosts, wooden gargoyles, and baby dragons haunt their path until a flash of Oz magic offers escape. Haunting, inventive, and unmistakably odd, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is a self-contained adventure that shows how Baum’s brightest creation could cast unexpected shadows.