Chronicles of Alice by Christina Henry 7 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set:
Lost Boy
Red Queen
The Mermaid
Alice
Girl in Red
Looking Glass
Near the Bone

Format: Paperback

Overview:
Dive into Christina Henry’s seven-book Chronicles of Alice, a striking collection that reimagines beloved fairy tales and legends with a dark, atmospheric edge. This complete paperback set gathers seven standalone novels—Lost Boy, Red Queen, The Mermaid, Alice, Girl in Red, Looking Glass, and Near the Bone—each a bold, unsettling journey into myth and memory. Henry’s prose is lucid and immersive, weaving mood and menace into stories that feel both timeless and disquietingly new. Readers who relish gothic fantasy, feminist fairy-tale retellings, and suspenseful horror will find a cohesive, gripping experience across the full collection. While each title stands alone, together they create a panoramic map of altered worlds where courage, danger, and longing collide. This collection is an excellent gift for devoted readers who crave layered narratives and unforgettable heroines with agency and resolve.

What This Collection Covers:
Across seven titles, the Chronicles of Alice traverses islands of danger, icy coasts, remote mountains, and cities shimmering with hidden powers. Themes of survival, memory, and the cost of truth thread through every book, as familiar characters are reinterpreted with fresh perspectives and darker consequences. The collection explores how legends endure when seen through new eyes—how a caress of magic can become a weapon, how resilience can blur with peril, and how fear can illuminate courage. Readers will notice stark contrasts between isolation and community, innocence and experience, and the delicate balance between mercy and malice. This set invites fans of literary horror to savor tightly wound plots, surgical pacing, and endings that linger long after the final page is turned.

Book-by-Book Guide:
Lost Boy
This dark reimagining of Peter Pan invites readers to view the island through a startlingly unvarnished lens. A narrator challenges the familiar tale, revealing truth behind childhood myth and testing loyalties in a story that blends memory, danger, and the lure of freedom. Henry’s crisp sentences build a creeping unease as secrets surface and characters confront the compromises of growing up in a world with no easy answers.

Red Queen
Red Queen sharpens the clockwork of a fairy-tale realm, offering a queen’s-eye view of power, peril, and identity. The atmosphere is thick with shadowed corridors and shifting loyalties, where every choice reverberates through a kingdom that rewards cunning and punishes cruelty. This installment blends claustrophobic intensity with sweeping wonder, maintaining Henry’s signature tension from first page to last.

The Mermaid
On a stark, windswept coast, a fisherman pulls something from the sea—an enigmatic woman whose presence unsettles the tides of his life. The Mermaid is a haunting meditation on longing, memory, and the price of desire. Henry’s lyrical yet precise prose creates a mythic mood, turning a simple encounter into a layered meditation on belonging and consequence.

Alice
Alice walks a liminal line between wonder and danger in a world where magic hides in plain sight. A girl’s journey toward self-discovery becomes a study in resilience as power surges, secrets unfold, and identity is tested against a backdrop of uncanny threats. This installment deepens the series’ exploration of agency, fate, and the consequences of choosing truth over safety.

Girl in Red
Set against a devastated landscape marked by crisis and quarantine, Girl in Red follows a woman who refuses to yield to fear. The red jacket becomes a emblem of survival amid peril, as she navigates a world where trust is scarce and dangers lie at every turn. The narrative blends thriller pacing with intimate psychological depth, delivering a tense, immersive read.

Looking Glass
In a city where magic hides in the margins, Elizabeth guards a secret as a butterfly in a jar hints at a larger, interconnected danger. The novel drapes wonder and menace in equal measure, exploring how secrets shape relationships and threaten fragile power. A deft blend of urban fantasy and character-driven storytelling makes Looking Glass a standout entry in the set.

Near the Bone
High on a remote mountain, a woman and her companion inhabit a fragile, guarded existence. When a brutal discovery shatters their routine, they confront a lurking predator and an unseen history that refuses to stay buried. Near the Bone delivers a claustrophobic, atmospheric horror experience rooted in memory, loyalty, and the harsh terrain of survival.

Who This Set Is Perfect For:
This seven-book collection is ideal for adult readers who love dark fantasy, eerie horror, and modern fairy-tale retellings. It’s a superb choice for fans of immersive, atmospherically written narratives and for readers building a personal library of complete series in a single, cohesive package. It also suits book clubs exploring feminist takes on classic myths, and gift buyers seeking a comprehensive, mood-rich set that can be enjoyed individually or as a unified experience.

Key Benefits:

• Complete seven-book paperback collection for dedicated readers
• Dark, atmospheric reimaginings of beloved fairy tales
• Standalone titles with a cohesive universe and recurring motifs
• Strong, complex heroines navigating danger, power, and identity
• Ideal gift set for fans of gothic fantasy and literary horror

About the Author:
Christina Henry writes dark, immersive fiction that reinterprets myths and folklore with sharp, lucid prose and a fearless sense of atmosphere. Her Chronicles of Alice series showcases her signature blend of eerie tension, feminist undertones, and inventive world-building, delivering multiple standalone narratives that feel threaded together by mood, theme, and a shared fascination with what happens when legends are told anew. Henry’s work appeals to readers who seek intelligent horror that respects the uncanny while exploring real human stakes—courage, loyalty, and the costs of survival in unforgiving landscapes.

Why You’ll Love This Set:
Owning the Chronicles of Alice as a complete seven-book set means instant access to a sprawling, unified experience of dark fairy-tale storytelling. Each title stands on its own, yet together they form a rich tapestry of myth-making, fear, and resilience. This collection is perfect for readers who savor lyrical, precise prose and want a lasting, conversation-starting addition to their shelves—great for rereads and for sharing the shared universe with fellow fans.

Please Note: The individual books included in this listing will be dispatched as per the original UK ISBN and UK edition cover image shown in the image.