and also selectively breeding so that the skimmers can HUNT IN THE DAY. When they make it to The Harbour though, they meet with someone they did not expect to see - Sholto! He's infiltrated the enemy's people by pretending to be the sole survivor of a sailing wreck, and is doing what he can to work out how to destroy the Skimmers, who we learn the Master (the Shadow Lord) is breeding for war. But probably the most important thing for me here (and likely any other reader who has previously read a Deltora Quest book before this series) was that THE SYMBOL OF THE SHADOWLORD was present at the entrance to the wasteland, alongside a warning basically saying 'none will survive the wasteland'.įast forward a bit and Rye, Sonia and Dirk stow away in the vehicle of a trader to try and get closer to their goal of learning about the skimmers, only for Rye and Sonia to be kidnapped by other stowaways (whilst Dirk is left stranded on the side of the road with a possible concussion and Rye's bag of magical tricks) and used to try and save the family of the other stowaways that are being held captive by the Shadow Lord's minions, and are being used to mine up something called 'jell' (which to the knowledge of our heroes has no real use) and THEN being taken by one of the Shadowlord's minions to The Harbour, where they will be used in some undisclosed trial run - it's just one thing after another really! Following their escape from the wasteland, they meet with a man called Bones, who takes them to his home, thinking they are mages due to being able to escape from the wasteland (which apparently none survive).

in the keep at Weld, Rye, Sonia and Dirk travel through the silver door and find themselves in the middle of a wasteland, with only random metal objects - and seemingly impervious snails - surrounding them. This time, the plan is to go through the silver door the one that Sholto (Rye's other brother) would have chosen, in the hopes that the source of the skimmers can still be found, and that Sholto can be returned home.Īfter a few.

The second book in the Three Doors trilogy, The Silver Door picks up right where The Golden Door left off, with Rye and Sonia - and now Dirk and Faene! - on their way back to Weld to continue their quest, and go through the next of the three doors.

The Golden Door by Emily Rodda