The Lake of Tears
core novel 2000 Deltora Quest
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.98 (11,186 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 144 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780439314619 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The Lake of Tears is the second book in the Deltora Quest series. Having recovered the first gem, the topaz, Lief, Barda, and their new companion Jasmine set out to obtain the ruby, which lies within territory dominated by the monstrous sorceress Thaegan. Along the way they free Manus, a Ralad man held captive by the Shadow Lord's Grey Guards, and press on toward the Lake of Tears, once the golden city of D'Or before Thaegan cursed it a century earlier and silenced the Ralad people who protested her transformation of their homeland. The companions must get past a bewitched bridge guardian and the deceptive siblings Jin and Jod, who are secretly Thaegan's children, as well as Soldeen, a giant sea monster that guards the lake, before they can even attempt to confront Thaegan herself and claim the gem.
Where it sits
- Universe: Deltora Quest
- Series: Deltora Quest core; position 2 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Emily Rodda
Notes
- From the series record (Deltora Quest): Founding 8-book quest saga; the original Deltora Quest.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Deltora Quest: position 2 of 8: previous The Forests of Silence (2000) · next City of the Rats (2000)
- Internal chronology, within Deltora Quest: position 2 of 15: previous The Forests of Silence (2000) · next City of the Rats (2000)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltora_Quest_(book_series)
- https://deltoraquest.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lake_of_Tears_(book)
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