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A Lease on Wonderland

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Reads 79
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Parts 29
Time 8h 9m

A Wonderlandian Pastiche.

Matthias Haddler is the victim of an experiment in which is he is made to believe that he is the Mad Hatter alongside other "patients" in a false clockwork Wonderland. A young woman pretending to be a clockwork "Alice" appears out of nowhere to save them, but when she and Matthias fall into a real Wonderland, they begin to discover who tricked the scientists into their seemingly pointless scheme to begin with. While wading through the strange world, riddles and nonsense abound. Can they sift through which is which?

Part mystery, part sci-fi, part fantasy, and with a little romance, the twists and turns seem endless, especially once the self-proclaimed Pantheon begins to see that the world they created is crumbling all around them.

Stay tuned for part II of the duology called "Through Fragmented Glass"All Rights Reserved

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