A Blade So Black

L.L. McKinney

When Atlanta teenager Alice Kingston loses her father, she is drawn into a hidden Wonderland where nightmares are real, dangerous, and spreading. Trained by the enigmatic Addison Hatta, Alice must become a warrior while balancing the demands of grief, family, friendship, and everyday life in the real world. This bold reimagining of *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland* centers a Black teenage heroine and explores identity, resilience, loss, and the courage required to claim one’s own power. Fast-paced and imaginative, it blends contemporary Atlanta with a richly transformed Wonderland in the first installment of the Nightmare-Verse series.