The Maze of the Beast

core novel 2001 Deltora Quest

Record

First published	2001
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.00 (10,128 ratings, collected 2026-08-27)
Page count	128
First-edition ISBN	9780439398930
Internal chronology	6

Synopsis

The Maze of the Beast is the sixth book in the Deltora Quest series. After retrieving the emerald from Dread Mountain, Lief, Barda, and Jasmine travel along the River Tor toward the Maze of the Beast, where they believe the sixth gem, the amethyst, lies hidden and guarded by a ferocious creature. On the way they meet Dain, a fighter connected to the resistance movement, and are brought to a resistance hideout where they are held for three days as a test of loyalty before being trusted. The group's journey grows more dangerous when pirates raid their boat and capture Dain, and when it becomes clear that one of their own companions has been secretly replaced by a shapeshifting Ol, a servant of the Shadow Lord capable of imitating any living creature.

Where it sits

• Universe: Deltora Quest
• Series: Deltora Quest core; position 6 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 6 of 8: previous Dread Mountain (2001) · next The Valley of the Lost (2001)
• Internal chronology, within Deltora Quest: position 6 of 15: previous Dread Mountain (2001) · next The Valley of the Lost (2001)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltora_Quest_(book_series)
• https://deltoraquest.fandom.com/wiki/The_Maze_of_the_Beast_(book)

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