The Emerald City of Oz

The narrative follows a girl who returns to the emerald capital of Oz and takes part in courtly life under the wise ruler, who grants her a special favor. The subterranean Nome monarch, bereft of a powerful magic belt stolen in an earlier encounter, schemes revenge and dispatches armies and strange allies to recover it. Along the way the party traverses whimsical lands and meets eccentric peoples and creatures, while friends and relatives from outside arrive and adapt to Oz. Conflicts are settled through cleverness and sorcery, culminating in the restoration of order and the heroine's elevation within the realm.