"The evil Shadow Lord has become aware that Lief, Barda, and Jasmaine are searching for the seven lost gems of the magic Belt of Deltora. He knows that the Belt's power will threaten his terrifying rule if the gems can be returned to it"--Cover.

Lief, Barda, and jasmine - three companions with nothing in common but their hatred of the enemy - are on a perilous quest to recapture the seven gems of the magic Belt of Deltora. Only when the Belt is complete can the evil Shadow Lord be overthrown. They have succeeded in finding the golden topaz and the great ruby. Two gems' mysterious powers have strengthened them and given them courage to move on in their search for the third stone. But none...

"Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love--and she's on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant up until a year ago. That was when Vanja's otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back... by stealing Gisele's life for herself. The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while...

Asks the reader to choose the plot path of a story in which the powerful jewels of an ancient African tribe are stolen from a Paris museum and three cousins must decide whether to risk their lives to get them back.

Lief, Barda, and Jasmine continue the quest to restore the gems to the magic belt of Deltora, stolen before the Shadow Lord invaded and enslaved their kingdom. Now they seek the fourth gem hidden in the barren waste of the Shifting Sands and kept by a jealous, unknown guardian.

When Trixie looks for an uncommon shroud for her greatest show ever in Ponyville, a mishap gives Trixie the capacity to transform standard things into valuable gems just by touching them, which turns out to be more inconvenience than it's worth.