A Lion Among Men

The Wicked Years, Volume 3

By: Gregory Maguire

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 12 hrs

Publisher's summary

In the much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion.

While 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.

A Lion Among Men 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?

Gregory Maguire's new novel is written with the sympathy and power that have made his books contemporary classics.

©2008 Gregory Maguire (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers

Error with final mix

The mix and edits between chapters need work, but good overall. Everything else was stellar!

Complex and Worth Staying w/It!!

Make sure you can focus on the story…. If you miss anything, you will miss everything! Glad the narrator returned to do the third book… Loved this volume in the series!!!💜💜💜🦁

Not bad, but not good

Not bad as a read, but no where near the quality or stories of Maguires first two Oz books.

The weakest of the four

Would you consider the audio edition of A Lion Among Men to be better than the print version?

?, Never read the print version

Would you recommend A Lion Among Men to your friends? Why or why not?

Pass this one unless you're too compulsive not to

What does John McDonough bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The voices are top notch

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

nope

This was the best one for me.

Would you consider the audio edition of A Lion Among Men to be better than the print version?

Never read the print, but love the voice characterizations and wouldnt be able to read this now with out those coming into the mix.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I love how the political flavor hits, but I like the simple twists. You can see it coming.

Which scene was your favorite?

I love old mother yackley and how her and the lion would banter, my favorite would have been at the beginning when she comes out and they all had thought her dead.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The Lion, the Witch, and the Dragon Clock!

Any additional comments?

I have not read the 4th book yet but I enjoyed the Lion character the best thus far.

ok

took awhile for me to get into it. the ending does bring to light a few things from the first two books.

Lacks a real plot

Story had a serious issues with plot line. Sure it gave us a back story (sort of) for the Lion. Yes, it reintroduced some characters that had loose ends. But other than that, it was a bit bland; probably my least favorite story in the series. I absolutely LOVED that the Author didn't record this one. The narration was tremendously better than book 2!

I enjoyed it, but...

I thoroughly enjoy this whole series, however the only thing I still don't get is the random music interludes? In Son of a Witch they were used to symbolize going back in time, however they started using this technique at random times which didn't make sense to me.

Other than that, though, I enjoyed it.

Fantastic

This is the third book in the "Wicked Cycle" series by Gregory Maguire, and it is fantastic. The story is entertaining and the narrator (also narrated Wicked) does an excellent job.

Love this continuation of Wicked!

Great story & narration-- but PLEASE -- NO MUSIC!!!! It's so distracting it really messes up the flow of the story. It is unnecessary and even disturbing. The story is great, well written, typical McGuire brilliance, nuance and humor. Narrator very very good! The music interspersed is the only downside to this audio book.