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In a land still scarred by the Shadow Lord’s banishment, famine and monsters stalk Deltora, weakening its people. Lief, Jasmine, and Barda discover that the Shadow Lord’s lingering evil is in the form of four deadly creations known as the Four Sisters. These creatures are slowly destroying the land while the Shadow Lord watches, awaiting his triumphant return. The trio’s quest is to find and destroy each Sister, guided only by fragments of an ancient map and the aid of seven unlikely allies—the last of Deltora’s dragons.
First publish date: June 2004
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Emily Rodda
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