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The Wizard of Oz II: The Steward of Two Climates

2026
Author(s):
Lopez, Essay
Illustrator(s):
Publisher(s):
Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Genre(s):
Fantasy

Comments:
Dorothy thought she had already survived Oz. She was wrong. Years after returning home, Kansas is collapsing under drought and debt. The soil cracks. The sky hardens. The bank note waits like a quiet execution. When Dorothy discovers the Yellow Brick Road buried beneath her own land, she realizes something she never understood as a child: Oz was never somewhere else. It was layered beneath everything. When she steps onto the road this time, there is no tornado to blame. No accident to rescue her. The choice is deliberate. But Oz is not what she left behind. The Emerald City flickers. The Scarecrow governs without courage. The Tin Man has sealed his heart against grief. The Lion roars loudly to hide his fear. And a gray force known only as the Withering spreads—not as a villain, but as imbalance. As collapse surges in both Oz and Kansas, Dorothy must confront the truth she avoided for years: she did not leave Oz transformed—she left relieved. Now relief is no longer enough.

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