The Truth Teller

Landovel #3

by Emily Rodda

While El forgive,
The King will live

Fate has led Derry into King Greville's palace, the evil heart of the Scarlet City. Against all odds, he has gained the king's trust. Fully aware he is in terrible danger, Derry resolves to follow in the footsteps of the mysterious rebel leader, Hant, and use his position as Greville's truth teller to penetrate the dark secrets locked within the palace. Nothing, he discovers, is as it seems. Menaced by corrupt nobles, sinister Wordsmiths, and the threat of an avenging El, Derry and his companions must come together in a final, desperate race against time to save the lamd and the people they love.

This is the third volume in a three-part series, originally sold in a boxed set with three separate novels.

Genres: Fantasy

295 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2024

About the author

Emily Rodda (real name Jennifer Rowe) was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney in 1973 with an MA (Hons) in English Literature. Moving into a publishing career, first as a book editor, and finally as a publisher at Angus & Robertson, Rodda's first book was published in 1984.

Reviews

[BookLoverLily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know how to start this... everything was SO perfectly lined up!! I KNEW DERRY WAS HANT! I KNEW IT! I suspecteded it when we found out that V was Nissa. I am surpised that Nissa is V! I don't really like the ending though, where Straw is like still alive and Num, Nissa and Derry have forgottened who they are. NOOOO! I want the El to maybe bend the second rule, and allow the three to rememeber, in payment for not starting a war. I don't know why but I makes me feel.. ARRGH!!! THEY SAVED LANDOVEL!! There should be even maybe a story written for them, about "The Legendary savers of Landovel," or something like that. I also didn't like Straw's ending. The ending was not that good for me. Anyways, I kind of feel sorry for Greville, because he was just living a lie himself, and he did have a heart of gold (well, at least Derry's Greville did?). This story just lines everything up SO nicely!

[Grace KoalaTeaReads · Rating 5 out of 5]

You know a series is good when you never want it to end. Landovel was an absolute joy to read, after growing up in the land of Deltora Quest, reading this series was like coming home. The characters, the world building the plot twists - everything was mystical and magical. 5 stars for all the books!!

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very irresponsible decision to stay up and read, but the temp is not sufficient for sleeping so at least I was entertained. Some twists I had known, and simply enjoyed the reveals. Others were interesting and different. I feel it fleshed out the other two books well, I am a big fan of the full circle motif.

Brilliant series, fascinating and a happy ending.

[Krandall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Almost too many twists and turns towards the end...very interesting!

[Chicka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to read the trilogy again, knowing what I know now.

I remember thinking I didn't know where the series was going in the first couple of books - totally worth it to get to this point. SO good.

[Samy · Rating 4 out of 5]

it felt like the book dragged a little to the end, but it was over all it was lovely getting to know the characters within the landovel series and sad to see it end