Deltora Quest (often called Deltora Quest 1 by fans) is a children's fantasy novel series written by Emily Rodda. It was first published between 2000 and 2002 in Australia by Scholastic Press. There are eight books in this series: The Forests of Silence, The Lake of Tears, City of the Rats, The Shifting Sands, Dread Mountain, The Maze of the Beast, The Valley of the Lost and Return to Del in that order. These books are followed by two other series set in the same universe: Deltora Quest 2 (Deltora Shadowlands in North America), Deltora Quest 3 (Dragons of Deltora in North America). Together, these three series are collectively also referred to as the Deltora Quest series, and occasionally the Deltora series by some fans. Source: Wikipedia (en)