<b>A mind-bending new novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll...</b><br><br>In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside.<br><br>In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn't remember why she's in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood ... <br><br>Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago.<br><br>Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful.<br><br>And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>