DELTORA QUEST SERIES 1

All 8 books in the one hardcover volume

by EMILY RODDA

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New hardcover book with dustjacket. 736 pages, published 2006.

Deltora is a land of monsters and magic ...

For centuries, the evil Shadow Lord has been plotting to invade Deltora and enslave its people. All that stands against him is the magic Belt of Deltora with its seven gems of great and mysterious power: topaz, ruby, opal, lapis lazuli, emerald, amethyst, and diamond.

When the gems are stolen and scattered throughout the kingdon, the Enemy triumphs, and Deltora is lots. Abandoned by their king, suffering under the Shadow Lord's cruel tyranny, the people live in ignorance, terrror and despair. But while most have abandoned hope, three unlikely companions have not.

The great gems have been hidden in fearsome places throughout the kingdom, and are protected by terrible guardians. But Lief, who has set out to do his father's quest of saving Deltora, ex-palace guard Barda and Jasmine, a wild child of the Forests of Silence, believe that they can be found. They cling to their faith that if the magic Belt can be restored, the Shadow Lord will be banished from their land, and Deltora's one sole heir will take his/her rightful place on the throne. With only a sketchy map to guide them, the companions set out into the unknown.

So begins the perilous quest which has captured the imagination of millions throughout the world.

The 8 books in the series are:

1. The Forests of Silence
2. The Lake of Tears
3. City of the Rats
4. The Shifting Sands
5. Dread Mountain
6. The Maze of the Beast
7. The Valley of the Lost
8. Return to Del.

About the author

Emily Rodda is one of Australia’s most successful, popular and versatile writers, who has won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for a record five times. A former editor of The Australian Women’s Weekly, Emily is also the best-selling author of adult mysteries under her own name of Jennifer Rowe. Her children’s books, for a range of ages and genres, exhibit a mastery of plot and character.

Amongst her many books, she has written The Squeak Street Series; Crumbs!; Finders Keepers and The Timekeeper (both serialised for television); Rowan of Rin; Rowan and the Travellers; Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal; Rowan and the Zebak and Rowan of the Bukshah, all published by Omnibus Books. Rowan of Rin was the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the year for Younger Readers in 1994. Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal was short-listed for the 1997 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. Emily Rodda’s Teen Power Inc mystery adventure series for young readers, published by Scholastic Australia, attracts an enthusiastic, devoted following.Power and Glory, her first picture book, was short-listed in the CBC Picture Book of the Year Award in 1995. Yay!, a second picture book published by Omnibus Books, once again takes us inside a child’s rollercoaster world of emotions - at a fun park!

Her most successful and popular books are the Deltora Quest series. Following on from the success of Deltora Quest, Emily has written Deltora Quest 2, also known as Deltora Shadowlands, and Deltora Quest 3 Dragons of Deltora .

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Deltora Quest Series 1 by Emily Rodda