User blog:Lukas Exemplar/Deltora Quest 21st Anniversary Edition


 * Release date: September 1, 2021
 * Preorder: Yes
 * Retail price: $39.99 AUD ($29.98 USD)
 * Format: Hardback / Hardcover
 * Pages: 774

A hardcover 21st anniversary bind-up edition of the entire first series of Deltora Quest (The Forests of Silence through Return to Del) has been put up for pre-order on Dymocks. It sports a shiny new cover from Marc McBride, made in a style reminiscent of his digital Star of Deltora covers. It is slated to be released, probably as a limited run, on September 1, 2021 (this year). The retail price is $39.99 AUD which is about $29.98 USD. Shipping can add some to this. The book will have 774 pages.

Nothing special except the hardcover nature of the book and the new cover has been specified. Personally I believe we can expect much the same as the bind-up that already exists, except a nicer, sturdier book because of it being hardback.

Sorry for forgetting the 20th anniversary last year. I have a suspicion that Scholastic did as well, or simply didn't have the employees to make something like this seeing as a global pandemic had hit us, which luckily a lot of us are just getting out of now with a majority of us vaccinated! Great job everyone! So... happy 20th - and 21st - anniversary!

About the cover...

The cover features what appears to be an Ak-Baba seen from the side, rising vertically like some of those lion or dragon motiffs on medieval crests. The title, "Deltora Quest", features in large, shining metallic letters, a border of golden intertwining designs with different creatures in the corners, and a green background. The O in Deltora is a large opal gem and the background is dark green. There are a lot of lens flares too, they seem to be from stock photos or possibly a preset in a program like Photoshop.

Lukas Exemplar (talk) 15:15, 22 June 2021 (UTC)