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PAWN OF PROPHECY (Belgariad (Paperback)) - Softcover

Book 1 of 5: The Belgariad

Eddings, David

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9780345323569: PAWN OF PROPHECY (Belgariad (Paperback))
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ISBN 10: 0345323564 ISBN 13: 9780345323569
Publisher: Del Rey, 1985

Synopsis

TENTH PRINTING. 1984 DEL REY MASS MARKET PAPERBACK, David Eddings (Enchanters' End Game). A fierce dispute among the Gods and the theft of a powerful Orb leaves the World divided into five kingdoms. Young Garion, with his "Aunt Pol" and an elderly man calling himself Wolf --a father and daughter granted near-immortality by one of the Gods -- set out on a complex mission. In the process, as Garion grows into his early teens, he learns to defend himself, grapples with a wild boar, uncovers spies at a king's palace, learns about sorceryand starts to gain a sense of what his own destiny may be. - Amazon

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From the Publisher

There is a television commercial for potato chips that challenges "Bet you can't eat just one." A similar challenge could easily be made for the books that are part of the Belgariad series: "Bet you can't read just one." When I read Pawn of Prophecy, I couldn't stop and continued right on through the other four books of the Belgariad. I was then quite sad that I finished the series. It felt like saying good-bye to a bunch of great friends...and after all we had been through together that was hard.
                                                --Tim Kochuba, General Manager

From the Inside Flap

"Eddings' BELGARIAD is exactly the kind of fantasy I like. It has magic, adventure, humor, mystery, and a certain delightful human insight."
Piers Anthony
Long ago, the Storyteller claimed, in this first book of THE BELGARIAD, the evil god Torak 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 Garion did not believe in such stories. 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...?
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Publisher
Del Rey
Publication date
1985
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0345323564
ISBN 13 
9780345323569
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Rating
  • 4.16 out of 5 stars
    113,362 ratings by Goodreads