Frank Beddor

Within the shadowy halls of Wonderland, Alyss Heart's life is turned upside down when a treacherous usurper seizes her throne. Forced to flee into a darker, more dangerous version of her homeland, she must gather allies and unlock hidden magic to restore her rightful place. Along the way, she confronts her fears and discovers her true strength, even as enemies lurk in every corner. Her quest is a perilous dance between loyalty and deceit, revealing the true meaning of courage as she fights to bring justice to her fractured world.

The world moves with the quick-step cadence of a city that never forgives a misstep, and the hatter with the gravity of someone who remembers every misdirection you’ve ever told. A case threads through crowded markets, skull–metal shop windows, and the long, rumor-soaked corridors of a floating library that drifts just out of sight, where whispers collect like dust and never settle. When a vanished child’s grandmother pleads for help, Hatter Madigan is drawn into a puzzle that doesn’t want to be solved so much as understood—a memory-rights theft, a ghost in a hatbox, and a clockwork creature that refuses to die quietly. As the pieces slide into place, old loyalties crack, leaving him to decide what he’s willing to lose to save a family he’s only just learned to call his own. The city watches, the night listening, and every small victory casts a longer shadow than the last, until redemption, fragile as glass, finally rings out in a chorus of chimes.