Reading order
Deltora Quest octology — reading order
- The Forests of Silence (2000)
- The Lake of Tears (2001)
- City of the Rats (2001)
- The Shifting Sands (2001)
- Dread Mountain (2001)
- The Maze of the Beast (2001)
- The Valley of the Lost (2002)
- Return to Del (2002)
- 8 volumes
- Volumes
- 2000–2002
- Published
- Completed
- Status
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The Forests of Silence
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8 volumes2000–2002Completed
- Emily Rodda’s eight short fantasy adventures for children, a huge success in Australia and beyond.
- The kingdom of Deltora has fallen to the evil Shadow Lord because the seven magic gems of its protective belt were stolen and hidden in terrible places.
- Sixteen-year-old Lief, the gruff former guard Barda and Jasmine, a wild girl who talks to animals, set out to recover them one by one, through forests, mazes and monsters, with riddles and puzzles the reader can try to solve.
- Fast and satisfying.
- Emily Rodda is the pen name of Jennifer Rowe.
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