The Myth: Alice was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking
glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his
famous storybook. The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir
to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills
Alyss? parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan,
must flee to our world through the Pool of Tears. But in the pool Alyss
and Hatter are separated. Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is
befriended by an aspiring author to whom she tells the violent,
heartbreaking story of her young life. Yet he gets the story all wrong.
Hatter Madigan knows the truth only too well, and he is searching every
corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to
Wonderland so she may battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of
Hearts.