Sleeping Beauty, Briar Rose, is awakened from her magical slumber not by a prince’s kiss, but by the goblin spy Ali Baba. Their escape from an icy, ruined empire sets the stage for a narrative centered on the lives of women from the Fables universe. The plot follows Briar Rose and the Snow Queen, Lumi, as they navigate their shared history and the consequences of their enchantments. Meanwhile, the story provides backstory for the bottle imp and the wooden soldiers, connecting the events at the capital to the broader struggle against the Adversary.
Fans of the Fables series read this volume to understand the internal lives of prominent female characters who often occupy the periphery of the main titles. Readers gain a detailed look at the mechanics of fairy-tale curses and the political shifts within the goblin and frost giant territories. The book provides specific context for the Snow Queen’s motivations and the survival tactics used by displaced mythological figures. It offers a direct extension of the lore, focusing on character history and world-building over the central war narrative.
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
