She had argued against it with all her strength. Lief glanced behind him and met Jasmine’s eyes. The countryside was beautiful, but danger lurked everywhere on the road to the Lake of Tears.
Away from the crowded, ruined city of Del, away from the sight of patroling Grey Guards and the misery of people living in hunger and fear, you could almost forget that the Shadow Lord ruled in the land.īut it would be foolish to forget. On such a day, Lief thought, striding along behind Barda, it would be easy to believe that all was well in Deltora. The dark terrors of the Forests of Silence were far behind them. The sun slanted between the trees, lighting with bars of gold the winding path they trod. L ief, Barda, and Jasmine walked through the crisp, bright morning. They also succeeded in finding the first gem - the golden topaz, symbol of faithfulness, which has the power to bring the living into contact with the spirit world, as well as other powers they do not yet understand. In the Forests they discovered the amazing healing powers of the nectar of the Lilies of Life. Now they have been joined by Jasmine - a wild, orphaned girl of Lief’s own age, who they met during their first adventure in the fearful Forests of Silence. Lief set out with one companion - the man Barda, who was once a Palace guard.
Only when they have been restored to the Belt can the heir to Deltora’s throne be found, and the Shadow Lord’s tyranny ended. Now they lie hidden in dark and terrible places throughout the land. The gems - an amethyst, a topaz, a diamond, a ruby, an opal, a lapis lazuli, and an emerald - were stolen to open the way for the evil Shadow Lord to invade the kingdom. The Belt is all that can save the kingdom from the tyranny of the evil Shadow Lord, who, only months before Lief’s birth, invaded Deltora and enslaved its people with the help of sorcery and his fearsome Grey Guards. Sixteen-year-old Lief, fulfilling a pledge made by his father before he was born, has set out on a great quest to find the seven gems of the magic Belt of Deltora.
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