The blacksmith's son, sixteen-year-old Lif, the former palace guard Bard, and the savage girl Jasmine from the Forest of Silence are very different, but they are united by a passionate desire to free their land from the oppression of the Lord of Shadows. To do this, they must find the seven stones of the magical Belt of Tiloara. The golden topaz and the great ruby have already been found. The magic of these two stones gives travelers the strength to continue their noble mission. They do not know what horrors lurk in the city of Rats, where the third stone is hidden; They do not know how dangerous the keeper of the fourth stone is, waiting for them in the Shifting Sands. Friends know one thing - they cannot retreat, Tiloara’s freedom depends only on them.