The Shadow Lord has seized control over Deltora, casting the realm and its inhabitants into a state of darkness and hopelessness. Lief, a son of a blacksmith, is joined by Barda and Jasmine on his sixteenth birthday and entrusted with a crucial mission: to recover the seven mystical stones that were wrongfully taken. These precious stones, once rejoined in the Deltora Belt, will grant immense power to the rightful heir of Deltora, allowing them to overturn the Shadow Lord's tyrannical rule and return peace to the land. However, there is a caveat – the seven stones are scattered across the kingdom, each guarded by one of seven evil men who will not relinquish them easily.