The Takers: Book One of the Oz Chronicles ~ By: R.W. Ridley

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**Title: **The Takers: Book One of the Oz Chronicles
**Author: **R.W. Ridley _(BookSurge Publishing)_
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The first volume in The Oz Chronicles recalls both Stephen King's The Stand and L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. When 13-year-old Osmond "Oz" Griffith wakes from an illness on the floor of his closet, he discovers the world overrun by man-eating monsters, the Takers, and it's largely his fault. In an effort to make things right, he gathers a band of survivors (a baby, an aged mechanic and a talking gorilla, among others), and sets off down his version of the...

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