| 词条 | The Maze of the Beast |
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|name=The Maze of the Beast |title_orig= |translator= |image= The Maze of the Beast.jpg |caption= |author=Emily Rodda |illustrator=Marc McBride |cover_artist=Marc McBride |country=Australia |language=English |series=Deltora Quest |genre=Fantasy |publisher=Scholastic |release_date=2001 |english_release_date= |media_type=Print (Paperback) |pages=129 |isbn=0-439-25328-4 |congress=CPB Box no. 1857 vol. 21 |oclc=47835990 |preceded_by=Dread Mountain |followed_by=The Valley of the Lost }}The Maze of the Beast is the sixth book in the Deltora Quest novel series, written by Emily Rodda. It was published in 2001 by Scholastic.[1] Plot summaryLief, Barda, and Jasmine had retrieved the emerald from Dread Mountain. They travel along the River Tor to get to the Maze of the Beast, where they will get the amethyst. The gems they are taking are part of a Belt of Deltora, which will defeat the Shadow Lord that has invaded Deltora. During their travel, they encounter a pair of children nearly drowning in a stream. They save the children, but they reveal themselves to be Ols, creatures created by the Shadow Lord that can transform themselves to become another living creature. These creatures overrun the west side of Deltora to keep the gems hidden. Just before Barda is about to die, a boy Dain attacks the Ols and saves them. In the process, Dain injures his arm and several ribs. This causes Lief to sympathize for the boy, and take him to the Resistance, a group of people who rebel against the Shadow Lord. Arriving at the entrance to the Resistance's hideout, Dain faints from the pressure and forces the three to guess the password before they are marked as Ols and killed. Lief finds a note and realizes that the password is the first letter of every word on the note. They enter the Resistance and Doom, a man they have encountered before, tests them by putting them in a prison for three days. The test is supposed to find out if they are Ols because Ols can only hold their shape for three days. As three days pass, Doom does not let up and keeps them imprisoned. Dain frees them from the cave in exchange for their agreeing to take him to Tora. When Lief, Barda, and Jasmine reveal that they are not going to Tora, they split apart to make them less recognizable. Lief, Dain, and Barda take a boat that takes them down the river to the Maze of the Beast. They realize that Jasmine was also on the boat. The boat is raided by pirates, and Dain is taken prisoner. After reaching the Maze, Barda is revealed to be an Ol by the real Barda. Unfortunately, they are captured by pirates and are dumped into the Maze. After finding the location of the gem, Barda and Jasmine separate from Lief to lead the Beast away and Lief stays to carve the gem out of a column. They regroup when Lief was done, and escape the cave through a blowhole. The blowhole blows just after they escape, which takes the life of two pirates. The three then start off their journey to the Valley of the Lost. Characters{{Main|List of Deltora Quest characters}}
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://catalog2.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=371&recPointer=1&recCount=25&bibId=12681267|title=The maze of the beast|work=Library of Congress Online Catalog|publisher=The Library of Congress|accessdate=May 17, 2013}} External links
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