{"product_id":"9780060859725","title":"A Lion among Men (Wicked Years Series #3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Maguire is full of storytelling brio...his OZ is meticulously drawn.\" —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"In the much anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhile civil war looms in Oz, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death.  Before her final hour, a figure known as Brrr—the Cowardly Lion—arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West.  Abandoned as a cub, his path from infancy is no Yellow Brick Road.  In the wake of laws that oppress talking Animals, he avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the warmongering Emperor of Oz.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Lion Among Men\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a battle of wits hastened by the Emerald City's approaching armies.  Can those tarnished by infamy escape their sobriquets to claim their own histories, to live honorably within their own skins before they're skinned alive?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGregory Maguire's new novel is written with the sympahty and power that have made his books contemporary classics.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46958722875632,"sku":"9780060859725","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060859725_p0.jpg?v=1763767709","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060859725","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}