Summaries

The Maze of the Beast

Lief, Barda and Jasmine have just retrieved one of the gems from the Belt of Deltora which, once all gems have been discovered, will destroy the Shadow Lord that has invaded Deltora. During their travel, they encounter many nasty surprises; however, a young boy named Dain comes to the rescue. He gets injured during the process and is taken to the Resistance, a group of people who rebel against the Shadow Lord. But due to their suspicions, Lief, Barda and Jasmine are imprisoned while Dain gets to live another day. However, he feels he must repay them for their kindness so he frees them and heads to The Maze of the Beast. How will this end? Will they be able to retrieve another gem? So many questions to be answered in this book...

The Golden Door

The first book of the Three Doors trilogy. The walled city of Weld is under attack from ferocious flying creatures that raid the city during the night, bringing destruction and death. Volunteers are wanted to go fight the skimmers away and stop the enemy from bringing them in for good. The heroes are called to the wall, one by one. Rye, although his compassion to go is strong, he is much too young to fight. His brothers are another story though, and they decide to fight for their city. Rye later realizes that before they have been called, his brothers were nowhere to be found, and he must find them.

The Key to Rondo

After Leo’s Great Aunt Bethany died, he received a family heirloom, a music box. There are four major rules to this box, you must turn the key exactly three times, never wind the box when the music is playing, never move the box when the music is playing and never close the lid before the music stops playing. Not soon after Leo received the box, his cousin Mimi came to visit, along with her beloved dog, Mutt. She was sour, sarcastic and extremely short-tempered. Not surprisingly, she ignored Leo’s instructions and wind the music box four times, forcing the blue queen to rise. She informed Mimi, that for generations, she has been using the Key of Rondo to travel between worlds. She wasn’t successful in luring her into Rondo and so captured Mutt and took him to Rondo, leaving behind the ‘key’, a ring.