Alice and the Nightmare

Book excerpt: In the Queendom of Wonderland, the dreams of sleeping humans are the main resource. They power and shape everything in the homeland of Alice Heart, protégée of the Red Queen, and new student at the prestigious Phantasmagoria University, where oneironauts learn to navigate and harvest dreams.After growing up alone in the Heart Church, Alice is ill-prepared for her new competitive academic home where students are sorted into the four Suits of Wonderland - Spades, Hearts, Clubs, and Diamonds. But Alice is determined to grow and learn, thanks to enthusiastic teachers, classmates, and her new roommate, the enigmatic Edith. And the mysteries don't stop there - between strange Trinket contraband salesmen, the fearsome Jabberwocky lurking in the shadows, and a strange girl existing just out of the corner of Alice's eye, the school year promises to be exciting, to say the least.