From #1 Bestselling Author Steve DeWinter comes an exciting adventure series set in the land of OZ. "This is THE must-read action-adventure series for all YA readers " "Even though it is set over a hundred years in the past, this could very well be the next great dystopian YA series." "I never imagined OZ could be like this " There is no yellow brick road here. No emerald city. No lollipop guild. This is the Australis Penal Colony, a continent sized prison referred to the world over as the Outcast Zone. Built to contain the world's most dangerous criminals, OZ ended up the dumping ground for everything polite society deemed undesirable. Book 1 From inside OZ a garbled message proves Dorothy's father is still alive, trapped in a prison with only one way in and no way out. Into this place 17-year-old Dorothy must go if she wants to find her father and keep the promise she made to her dying mother.