In this New York Times bestselling sequel to Dorothy Must Die, who is good--and who is actually Wicked? The Wicked Will Rise is perfect for fans of richly reimagined fairy tales and classic tales like Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles and Gregory Maguire's Wicked. My name is Amy Gumm--and I'm the other girl from Kansas. After a tornado swept through my trailer park, I ended up in Oz. But it wasn't like the Oz I knew from books and movies. Dorothy had returned, but she was now a ruthless dictator. Glinda could no longer be called the Good Witch. And the Wicked Witches who were left? They'd joined forces as the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked, and they wanted to recruit me. My mission? Kill Dorothy. Except my job as assassin didn't work out as planned. Dorothy is still alive. The Order has vanished. And the home I couldn't wait to leave behind might be in danger. Somehow, across a twisted and divided land, I have to find the Order, protect the true ruler of Oz, take Dorothy and her henchmen down--and try to figure out what I'm really doing here.
Look, it didn't matter "what" we were to each other. It didn't matter whether I really knew him or not. I just knew that I wanted to find him.
We sat there for a minute quietly. When I looked at him, I realized he was looking at me in this intense, serious way. "What?" I asked. Instead of answering me, he touched my cheek softly.
Magic is tricky. It's not as simple as saying "abracadabra" and waving a wand. When you cast the spell, the magic becomes a part of you. Who you are can change it. And I was different now.
He looked away and took a deep breath. When our eyes met again, I suddenly saw a sadness in him that I recognized from somewhere.
When I'd dreamed of getting away from home, what I'd really wanted was to find a place I could matter. Where I could be someone, and have a purpose.
Faith: everyone knows it's something you're supposed to have, but it's harder to put that into practice when your senses are telling you all hope is lost.