The Witch of Maracoor

A Novel

De: Gregory Maguire

Narrado por: Debra Wise

The multimillion-copy bestselling story of Wicked comes full circle in The Witch of Maracoor, the final installment of Gregory Maguire’s Another Day series

Following a confrontation with her reclusive great-grandfather, the onetime Wizard of Oz, Rainary Ko, the granddaughter of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West, has re-upped in a mission to settle a few scores and right a wrong or two. Her memory and her passions reviving, Rain turns her gaze back to her native Oz. While the Grimmerie, which she had cast into the sea, retains its arcane power over her, the lover she left behind in Oz proves no less haunting. Once bewitched, twice bewitching, Rain Ko must consider how to achieve a life less suffused with grief than the one she is enduring.

Traveling such a distance is not without its perils to a young person more or less alone in a strange land. And, by now, Rain has debts to repay. To make good on promises, she must insist on a layover on an island emptied of its human population by a deadly plague. Revived there by love or magic (and is there a difference?), she sustains an assault on the high seas by pirates. The accumulation of her experience awakens within her a certain nascent knowledge and power, which prepares her finally to touch down upon the far shores of Oz and address her own doubts and hesitations.

Traveling companions and arrivistes can befuddle a young witch coming into her own. In her fast-paced and stately progress, Rain may remind readers of the courage it takes to accept one’s full identity, unbridled and unruly though it may be. The Witch of Maracoor delivers on the promises of its predecessors, The Brides of Maracoor and The Oracle of Maracoor, and concludes the epic tale of Rain’s castaway life with nothing less than enchantment.

Macguire never disappoints

Beautiful imagery and always leaves me pondering even after it finishes, about life love and the pursuit of happiness

Geoffrey McQuire's writing and storylines are immaculately conceived and presented.

I love the characters and their development of them, whether they grow or revert into less than they onc3 were.

That's it?!?!

A disappointing ending to the series. I hope this really isn't the end. There are too many things not finished.

Truly a fantastic end

This is how you end a saga! Everything tied into a neat little bow. Brilliant!

A return to Oz

Overall I liked the series. Book 2 was my favorite, but I really enjoyed this edition. I wonder how an author so wordsy managed to come up with only about 8 hours of story because I would’ve liked more.-