But then, in these days of theShadow Lord there is danger everywhere. This part of Deltora is dangerous, certainly. Kree,the raven, was fluttering clumsily through the trees beside her as if unwilling to keep to the ground butalso unwilling to fly too far ahead.Īnd in that moment Lief realized, with a shock, just how afraid they were.But Jasmine was so brave in the Forests, he thought, turning quickly back to face the front.
The little furry creature she called Filli was clinging to her shoulder, chattering nervously. Without its usual frame of wild brown curls her face seemed very small and pale andher green eyes looked huge. This morning she had tied her long hair back with a strip of cloth torn from herragged clothes. Now she walked as lightly and silently as always, but her body was stiff and her mouth was set in astraight, hard line. Shehad argued against it with all her strength.
Lief glanced behind him and met Jasmine’s eyes. The countryside was beautiful, but danger lurked everywhere onthe road to the Lake of Tears. Away from the crowded, ruined city of Del, away from the sight of patroling GreyGuards and the misery of people living in hunger and fear, you could almost forget that the ShadowLord 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 waswell in Deltora. The dark terrors of theForests of Silence were far behind them. The sunslanted between the trees, lighting with bars of gold the winding path they trod. Lief, Barda, and Jasmine walked through the crisp, bright morning. In the Forests they discovered the amazing healing powers of the nectar of the Lilies of Life.They also succeeded in finding the first gem - the golden topaz, symbol of faithfulness, which hasthe power to bring the living into contact with the spirit world, as well as other powers they do notyet understand. Now theyhave been joined by Jasmine - a wild, orphaned girl of Lief ’s own age, who they met during theirfirst 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 canthe heir to Deltora’s throne be found, and the Shadow Lord’s tyranny ended. Now they lie hiddenin 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 thekingdom from the tyranny of the evil Shadow Lord, who, only months before Lief ’s birth, invadedDeltora 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 agreat quest to find the seven gems of the magic Belt of Deltora.
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