Overview

In this wildly creative, horror-soaked reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, nothing is as it seems in Dorothy’s dystopian nightmare. Fans of Tender Is the Flesh and Maeve Fly will want to follow her twisted journey down the yellow-brick road. When nineteen-year-old Dorothy Noroît finds out she is pregnant, the road ahead seems bathed in golden light. She has a hard-working boyfriend, a beautiful home, and a job where she works with her best friend. But on October 2nd, 1994, everything changes. Fast forward twenty-four years. The city of Montreal is plagued by extremist group, The Winged Monkeys. The gruesome murder of a young man has just made headlines. Just when Lieutenant Henri Duhaime and his partner Detective Emilianne Saint-Gelais begin to wrap their heads around this heinous act of violence, another young man is found brutally murdered. And then another. As the body count rises, they race against the clock to track down the killer. This unhinged retelling of the beloved classic, filled with a twisted cast of your favorite characters, brings together horror and revenge in a blood-soaked, funhouse mirror reflection of the timeless tale—and with endless Easter eggs for readers to discover. Translated to English for the first time from the original French, The Bloody Brick Road will transport you to a dark new world.

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""This is a disturbing book that demands attention with its jaw-dropping twists... Royer’s first book to be translated into English is a layered mystery mixed with a gory horror retelling of a children’s classic."" —Library Journal ""Dark and twisted riff on L. Frank Baum’s classic… The ensuing horror-tinged mystery plot is as inventive as it is grotesque… This page-turning thrill ride is strong enough to stand on its own. For readers who relish the heinous, it will scratch that itch.” —Publishers Weekly ""Move over, 'Wicked.' A wild new take on 'The Wizard of Oz' is coming, and it’s a gruesome Canadian serial killer mystery filled with easter eggs."" —Variety

""Dark and twisted riff on L. Frank Baum’s classic… The ensuing horror-tinged mystery plot is as inventive as it is grotesque… This page-turning thrill ride is strong enough to stand on its own. For readers who relish the heinous, it will scratch that itch.” —Publishers Weekly

Author Information

Maude Royer was born in 1977, in Québec City, Canada, where she studied graphic design. After spending two years in France, she came back to live in Québec City. It was in first grade, reading her first novel, that she discovered what she wanted to do with her life: write stories. Author of three fantasy series for teenagers, she also wrote for children before moving into horror literature for adults.  

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