BELGARATH THE SORCERER
By David Eddings
Synopsis:
The wait is over.
Herein lies the life story of Belgarath the Sorcerer, and his account
Only a single person remained to tell of the near-forgotten times when
Gods still walked the lands, giving comfort and counsel to their mortal
children. Only one man alive could speak with certain knowledge of how
the Dark God Torak stole the Orb of-Aldur and broke the very world
apart, consigning the Gods themselves to the hell of war, along with hapless humanity. Only one individual was left who could relate the whole, fearsome story.
That lone witness to history was known to all the world. He was called
the Ancient One, the Old Wolf--Belgarath the Sorcerer. And he had been
a part of that history from the beginning.
He who would come to be called the Sorcerer was born in the tiny
village of Gara, long before the epic struggle for the Orb ever began.
As a youth he left his home to wander the wide world--and found his way
into the service of a God. Years of study and work would follow that
choice, molding the boy into a man, and forging the man into an
instrument of Prophecy.
Here, then, is his tale in full: the story of the strife that split the
world asunder and of how the God Aldur and his chosen disciples would
toil to set Destiny aright--a monumental undertaking fated to span the
eons. Foremost in the chronicles of that labor would be Belgarath. His
ceaseless devotion was foredoomed to cost him the very thing he held
most dear--and his loyal service would extend on, through the echoing
centuries of loss, of struggle, and of ultimate triumph.
David Eddings joins forces with his wife and longtime collaborator,
Leigh, on a journey to the awesome beginning of the centuries of
conflict between two mortally opposed Destinies. Here is the saga of
the seven thousand-year war of men and Kings and Gods, of a strange
fate and a Prophecy that must be fulfilled.
Welcome back, back to the time before The Belgariad and The
Malloreon... DAVID ED DINGS was born in Spokane, Washington, in 1931
and was raised in the Puget Sound area north of Seattle. He received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, in 1954
and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Washington in 1961.
He has served in the United States Army, has worked as a buyer for the
Boeing Company, has been a grocery clerk, and has taught college
English. He has lived in many parts of the United States.
The field of fantasy has always been of interest to him, however, and
he turned to The Belgariad in an effort to develop certain technical
and philosophical ideas concerning the genre.
Printed in USA By David Eddings Published by Ballantine Books:
THE BELGARIAD
Book One: Pawn of Prophecy Book Two: Queen of Sorcery Book Three:
End Game
THE MALLOREON
Book One: Guardians of the West Book Two: King of the Murgos Book
Five: The Seeress of Kell
THE ELENIUM
Book One: The Diamond Throne Book Two: The Ruby Knight Book Three: The
Sapphire Rose
THE TAMULI
Book One: Domes of Fire Book Two: The Shining Ones Book Three: The
Hidden City
HIGH HUNT
THE LOSERS
belgarath
THE SORCERER
DAVID AND LEIGH
ED DINGS
A Del Rey Book Published by Ballantine Books Copyright 1995 by David
Eddings Maps copyright 1995 by Christine Levis and Shelly Shapiro
Endpaper map copyright 1995 by Larry Schwinger All rights reserved
under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published
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