Wicked years

Liir, believed to be the son of Elphaba, the wicked witch of the West, has been spared from the destruction of Emerald City and nursed back to health at the Cloister of Saint Glinda; when he is grown, he sets out to find his supposed half-sister and fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess.

The Cowardly Lion, in search of information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West, arrives at the home of the oracle Yackle, who wants some answers of her own before she dies.

While the Emerald City prepares for an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda finds herself under house arrest and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. At the same time, Elphaba's granddaughter comes of age, and Rain must find the will to take up her broom and fulfill her legacy in an Oz wracked by war.

As civil war approaches in the land of Oz, an oracle named Yackle prepares for death and is approached by a being named Brrr, the Cowardly Lion himself. Brrr asks Yackle for information pertaining to the Wicked Witch of the West, but Yackle demands answers to some of her own questions as well, forcing Brrr to reveal his life story.

Elphaba, born with emerald green skin, comes of age in the land of Oz, rooming with debutante Glinda at the university, and following a path in life that earns her the label of Wicked.

Liir, believed to be the son of Elphaba, the wicked witch of the West, has been spared from the destruction of Emerald City and nursed back to health at the Cloister of Saint Glinda; when he is grown, he sets out to find his supposed half-sister and fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess.

In this third novel of the "New York Times"-bestselling series, civil war looms in Oz, and an ancient oracle named Yackle prepares for death. But before she can die, the Cowardly Lion arrives seeking knowledge about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West--the woman who had defended him when he was a cub.

Elphaba's granddaughter, Rain, having come of age amid chaos, must take up her legacy and save the Land of Oz from social unrest.