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To make matters worse, Gerry Tesch, Gloria's father and the one person who helped promoting and publishing the series, died in 2018. Several other factors point towards the series being cancelled: as of January 2020, the Maradonia websites are down, none of the e-books are available for purchase, the only physical copies for sale are used, and Gloria Tesch's website focuses on her modelling.

It seems like the creators ran out of money and gave up on the series after the film's premiere, making the story end on an unresolved cliffhanger. The series presumably stalled due to Gloria preferring to focus on The Movie.

Orphaned Series: The last new book to be released was Maradonia and the Law of Blood, all the way back in 2010.

Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Character Name and the Noun Phrase-style: Maradonia and the Seven Bridges, Maradonia and the Gold of Ophir, Maradonia and the Law of Blood.

Ice-Cream Koan: Joey spews many, many of them.

God Save Us from the Queen!: In the second book, Maradonia and the Gold of Ophir (pre-split edition), Maya becomes Queen of Maradonia and develops a fondness for mass executions without trial.

The Empire: It is even called the Evil Empire.

Door Stopper: All three books are about 820 pages each.

Among them we have "final end" and "irrationally confused".

Department of Redundancy Department: Tesch seems to be a fan of these.

Card-Carrying Villain: King Apollyon's empire is literally called "the Evil Empire".

Blood Bath: There's a fabled "Pool of Blood," a lake of red water which renders anyone who bathes in it invulnerable to "the powers of darkness.".

Alpha Bitch: Alana Terence, since she is "part of the 'Gothic Movement'", which makes her automatically evil.There is also a military commander named Justin, and his father, Kerry. Aerith and Bob: In the land of Maradonia, you have names like Astrodoulos, Apollyon, and Abbadon.The books were all illustrated with cover art by Marina Terkulova (who is Gloria Tesch's mother), and promoted heavily by Gerry Tesch (Gloria's father).

Tesch originally planned to write three more books, but they seem to have been scrapped (although never officially canceled).

The series consists of three books, though later reprints split each in two, creating six books. Upon their arrival a prophecy is fulfilled, whereby they have to try and change the future of Maradonia. Then a girl called Maya and a boy called Joey find a World between the Worlds: Maradonia. The Maradonia Saga, written and self-published by Gloria Tesch, self-defined "One of the Worlds Youngest Novelists", starts as an everyday story.