Today I want to introduce you to Alice Takes Back Wonderland by David Hammons. This is a fairy-tale mash-up that's getting some really fantastic reviews over on Goodreads and Amazon.
I have to confess that I haven't read all the way through this one--work sometimes intrudes on my precious reading time--but I'm really looking forward to it. The first couple chapters are quite compelling!
After
ten years of being told she can’t tell the difference between real life and a
fairy tale, Alice finally stops believing in Wonderland. So when the White
Rabbit shows up at her house, Alice thinks she’s going crazy. Only when the
White Rabbit kicks her down the rabbit hole does Alice realize that the magical
land she visited as a child is real. But all is not well in Wonderland.
With the help of Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Snow
White and heroes old and new, Alice may have the strength to take back
Wonderland.
About the Author
It has been my goal to live a
life that is notable as the life of that master of writing. I’ve climbed the
slopes of Machu Picchu, swam in Loch Ness, smuggled ice cream into China, and
made moonshine in my hometown. I studied writing and business in school, and
gave up a position in my family’s Black Walnut company to chase my dream. Life,
if you make it so, can be an adventure.
Despite all my adventures,
there is no greater journey than that which can be found in a book. It was
cartoons that got me into writing, works meant for children that as an adult
fascinated me with their joyful outlook. It was the old masters, Lewis,
Tolkien, Hemmingway, Vonnegut, who challenged me to live an adventure of a
life, and then write even greater adventures in books. Perhaps one day I’ll
make it into that old Cambridge apartment. Perhaps one day I’ll be invited.
I have to confess that I haven't read all the way through this one--work sometimes intrudes on my precious reading time--but I'm really looking forward to it. The first couple chapters are quite compelling!
The Book
After
ten years of being told she can’t tell the difference between real life and a
fairy tale, Alice finally stops believing in Wonderland. So when the White
Rabbit shows up at her house, Alice thinks she’s going crazy. Only when the
White Rabbit kicks her down the rabbit hole does Alice realize that the magical
land she visited as a child is real. But all is not well in Wonderland.
The
Ace of Spades has taken over Wonderland and is systematically dismantling all
that makes it wonderful. Plain is replacing wondrous, logical is replacing
magical, and reason is destroying madness. Alice decides she must help the Mad
Hatter and all those fighting to keep Wonderland wonderful. But how can she
face such danger when she is just a girl?
Alice
must journey across the stars to unite an army. She discovers that fairy tales
are real in the magical world beyond the rabbit hole. But they are not the
fairy tales she knows. Fairy tales have dangers and adventures of their own,
and Alice must overcome the trials of these old stories if she wants to unite
the lands against Ace.
She’s come across another one of the vials that gave Clark is abilities, and it looks mighty tasty.
Born of Treasure is available now!
While visiting Cambridge during
my time studying abroad, I tried to sneak into C. S. Lewis’s old apartment. I
wanted to stand where the old master stood. I wanted to glean bits of
imagination that no-doubt still clung to those walls. A locked door barred my
path, and I fled to the safety of the campus pub.
It has been my goal to live a
life that is notable as the life of that master of writing. I’ve climbed the
slopes of Machu Picchu, swam in Loch Ness, smuggled ice cream into China, and
made moonshine in my hometown. I studied writing and business in school, and
gave up a position in my family’s Black Walnut company to chase my dream. Life,
if you make it so, can be an adventure.
Despite all my adventures,
there is no greater journey than that which can be found in a book. It was
cartoons that got me into writing, works meant for children that as an adult
fascinated me with their joyful outlook. It was the old masters, Lewis,
Tolkien, Hemmingway, Vonnegut, who challenged me to live an adventure of a
life, and then write even greater adventures in books. Perhaps one day I’ll
make it into that old Cambridge apartment. Perhaps one day I’ll be invited.
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