Deltora Quest #3: City of the Rats
“Long ago, the great iron entrance gates had fallen and rusted away. Now all that remained was a gaping hole in the wall. The hole led into darkness, and from the darkness drifted a terrible, stealthy, scrabbling sound and the stink of rats. There was something else, too. Something worse. A sense of ancient evil — spiteful, cold, terrifying.
Lief, Barda, and Jasmine began drawing on the Ra-Kachar gloves and covering their faces and heads with the red fabric they had worn during the escape from N...oradz.
“I do not understand how the rats became so many,” Lief said. “Rats breed quickly, it is true. And they breed faster when there is dark, and dirt, and food is left where they can find it. But why did the people of this city not see the problem, and put a stop to it before it became so great that they had to flee?”
“Some evil was at work.” Barda stared grimly at the crumbling walls before them. “The Shadow Lord —”
“You cannot blame the Shadow Lord for everything!” Jasmine burst out suddenly.MoreLess
Lief, Barda, and Jasmine began drawing on the Ra-Kachar gloves and covering their faces and heads with the red fabric they had worn during the escape from N...oradz.
“I do not understand how the rats became so many,” Lief said. “Rats breed quickly, it is true. And they breed faster when there is dark, and dirt, and food is left where they can find it. But why did the people of this city not see the problem, and put a stop to it before it became so great that they had to flee?”
“Some evil was at work.” Barda stared grimly at the crumbling walls before them. “The Shadow Lord —”
“You cannot blame the Shadow Lord for everything!” Jasmine burst out suddenly.MoreLess
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