'Alice's ongoing struggle is to distinguish reality from illusion, and Henry excels in mingling the two for the reader as well as her characters.'- Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'Fans will delight in discovering the unknown family backgrounds and future fate of Alice and her wild and bloody Hatcher.'- Booklist (starred review) Henry’s fans will be happy to return to this world, but readers need not be familiar with earlier installments to appreciate this twisted take on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale.”- Publishers Weekly “Mesmerizing…These somber, occasionally disturbing novellas offer a mature take on the children’s story but balance the horrors of the City with hope. It is the Village of the Pure, and though Alice and Hatcher would do anything to avoid it, it lies directly in their path. There is a place hidden in the mountains, where all the people hate and fear magic and Magicians. Then his boss tells him he's going to battle the fearsome Grinder, a man who never leaves his opponents alive. Once, he was a boy called Nicholas, and Nicholas fancied himself the best fighter in the Old City. Alice has been dreaming of a cottage by a lake and a field of wildflowers, but while walking blind in a snowstorm she stumbles into a house that only seems empty and abandoned. That secret is a butterfly that lives in a jar, a butterfly that was supposed to be gone forever, a butterfly that used to be called the Jabberwock.Īlice and Hatcher are just looking for a place to rest. But someone knows her secret-someone who has a secret of his own. In the New City lives a girl with a secret: Elizabeth can do magic. It is the Village of the Pure, and though Alice and Hatcher would do anything to avoid it, it lies directly in their path.In four new novellas, Christina Henry returns to the world of Alice and Red Queen, where magic runs as freely as secrets and blood. The Mercy Seat There is a place hidden in the mountains, where all the people hate and fear magic and Magicians. When I First Came to Town Hatcher wasn't always Hatcher. Girl in Amber Alice and Hatcher are just looking for a place to rest. That secret is a butterfly that lives in a jar, a butterfly that was supposed to be gone forever, a butterfly that used to be called the Jabberwock. Lovely Creature In the New City lives a girl with a secret: Elizabeth can do magic. Collection of four dark novellas set in the Alice series universe.

Looking glass by christina henry