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The Orphan Sorceress of Oz is the first novel in The Hidden History of Oz series by Tarl Telford. It was published on July 11, 2012 as The Witch Queens before being re-released on June 20, 2017.
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The book is broken up into five parts spanning into 38 chapters and appendix material.
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Long before Dorothy... there was Glinda.
Glinda only wants freedom. She wants freedom from her parents, freedom from her tower, and, most of all, she wants freedom her dreary life as the red-haired daughter of the Sorceress. But Glinda’s red-haired rebellion sets off a series of events that launch the Wicked Witches to power and embroil the land in war. She wants adventures like the ones she reads about. In all her fifteen years, she has never flown with Winged Monkeys, seen a magic mirror, or even talked with a Wicked Witch. And the only rebellion she ever led was against her mother, and that was over which dress to wear to the Abracadabra Bazaar.
That single defiant act was the first domino to fall in an escalating series of horrible events. Her parents are gone. Her tower is destroyed. Even the great King is dead. The Wicked Witches command their magical armies to seize power, but Glinda refuses to surrender.
Her courageous spark fans the flames of rebellion, but their small army is out-magicked, outnumbered, and out of time. With only three spells, two clever friends, and a wizard with a dream, Glinda will learn that the one thing in Oz more powerful than magic is freedom.
Glinda’s fiery red hair (and matching temper) have made her some powerful enemies. Kalinya rules the land of the East, but hungers for greater power. Ondri-baba desires the West and controls the Sandy Armies. Mombi seeks political power and allies herself with the new king, Pastoria, of the Emerald Lands. The lines are clearly drawn, with the freedom of all Oz hanging in the balance.
Driven from her home in the North, and running for her life, Glinda is no match for the allied Wicked Witches and their Sandy Armies. Not even the Winged Monkeys, slaves to a powerful magic, can turn the tide in this war.
The dream of freedom comes from a mysterious “wizard”, transported from pre-Civil War America, and his stories of revolution and liberty. These dreams spread and the inspired army grows daily. War clouds the entire land. In the wake of this upheaval, a city of emerald is built on principles of individual freedom, liberty, and responsibility.