From the book series Deltora Quest published in Australia, the storyline is nearly the same. Lief, Barda and Jasmine travel around the Land of Deltora to find the seven lost gems which make up the Belt of Deltora. The Shadow Lord is trying to rule Deltora by destroying the belt, Deltora's only protection against him. Lief's mission is to get the seven gems of the belt, the Diamond, the Emerald, the Lapis Lazuli, the Topaz, the Opal, the Ruby and the Amethyst. With the help of Jasmine, they find the Topaz in the Forests of Silence, and continue to the Lake of Tears. They meet Manus and with his help defeat the sorceress Thaegan's two children, Jin and Jod. Eventually, they fight with Thaegan and retrieve the Ruby. They are then trapped by Thaegan's leftover eleven children but manage to fool them and run away. They go into Tom's mysterious shop and buy goods, then manage to reach the Rat City. Lief, Barda and Jasmine get the Opal and enter the deathly Rithmere Championships, win and are captured. With the help of the scar-faced man, Doom, they manage to escape and reach the Shifting Sands, where they obtain the Lapis Lazulli. Thaegan is reborn with her eleven children from Franwass's bags and the three manage to defeat them again.