Shadowgate
Deltora Quest 3: Dragons of Deltora Series
Author: Emily Rodda
Illustrator: Marc McBride
Book 2 in the Deltora Quest 3: Dragons of Deltora series
Pages: 208
Published: 2003
Age: 9+
Sinister twists and exciting turns await Lief, Barda, and Jasmine as they head to the haunted mountains to continue their dragon-aided quest. The Four Sisters, evil creations of the Shadow Lord, are poisoning Deltora and starving its people. Lief, Barda, and Jasmine have found and destroyed the first of the Sisters. Now they must find the second, hidden within the mountains that border the Shadowlands. And they know that only the Dragon of the Emerald can help them. The Shadow Lord is now aware of their quest. Deep in the Shadowlands, he plots their destruction. Hidden enemies and trickery await as the companions travel towards the Sister of the North and its terrible guardian in the dread place called Shadowgate.
About the Deltora Quest 3: Dragons of Deltora Series
Books in series order
- 1.Dragon's Nest(2003)
- 2.Shadowgate(2003)
- 3.Isle of the Dead(2003)
- 4.The Sister of the South(2003)
Reading age: 9+ years
This series should be read in order.
The Deltora Quest is a collective title for three series of children's fantasy books with a continuing, classical quest storyline, comprised of: the Deltora Quest, Deltora Shadowlands, and Dragons of Deltora, also titled Deltora Quest 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Ideally, the three series should be read in order. The Deltora Quest uses riddles, a fast-paced narrative, and an epic setting to engage its readers. In most countries, the series is illustrated by Marc McBride.
In Dragons of Deltora, Lief, Barda, and Jasmine must once again save Deltora, this time from the Four Sisters, evil creations of the Shadow Lord. The four Sisters sing songs of death, poisoning the earth and causing crops to wither, resulting in famine across Deltora. With only part of a torn map, left by Doran the Dragonlover, the companions set out to find the Sisters and destroy them, however, each Sister must be destroyed with the aid of a dragon.