Review: Pawn of Prophecy
WHILE THE DARK GOD SLEPT
Long ago, so the Storyteller
claimed, the evil God Torak sought dominion and drove men and Gods to
war. But Belgarath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that
protected men of the West. So long as it lay at Riva, the prophecy
went, men would be safe.
But that was only a story, and Garion did not believe in
magic dooms, even though the dark man without a shadow had haunted him
for years. Brought up on a quiet farm by his Aunt Pol, how could he
know that the Apostate planned to wake dread Torak, or that he would be
led on a quest of unparalleled magic and danger by those he loved – but
did not know? For a while, his dreams of innocence were safe,
untroubled by knowledge of his strange heritage. For a little while...
Thus begins the first book of The Belgariad, a
magnificent epic of immense scope, set against a history of seven
thousand years, of the struggles of Gods and Kings and men – of strange
lands and events – of fate and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!
David Eddings (1931–2009) was an American author. Eddings' first books were general fiction and sold moderately. He later switched to writing epic fantasy novels and achieved best-selling status. David Eddings' wife, Leigh Eddings (1937–2007), is uncredited as co-author on many of his early books, but he later acknowledged that she contributed to them all.
Born in Spokane, Washington, and raised in the Puget Sound area north of Seattle, he received his 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 served in the United States Army, worked as a buyer for the Boeing Company, and was also a grocery clerk and a college English teacher.