Dorothy Gale wishes that the Emerald City could talk, the Wizard of Oz, O.Z. Diggs, gains a love interest through magic means, Ozma gets kidnapped by some villains, Wogglebug, the highly magnified professor insect, and some flies protest against Dorothy, and a jewel-encrusted rocky creature created by Ruggedo, the former Nome King, unfortunately makes Dorothy's wish come true in an unexpected way ...in this modern Oz novel about the regret of wishes and adventuring. This book reunites Ozian favorites and brings many new characters and lands into L. Frank Baum's universe.