The second part of a saga set against a history of 7000 years of struggles of gods and kings and men. Prophecy spoke of a time when the evil god, Torak, would awake and again seek dominance over all the world. Now the Orb of Aldur has been stolen by a priest of Torak, and that time is at hand.
David Eddings [The Belgariad series] -- This is like Bonanza, or like I Love Lucy. There will be other fantasy series, but there can never be another that's so seminal, that so captures the essence of fantasy. Big Dave and Little Leigh grow their heroes from the ground up, and they grow the best.
--Veronica Chapman, Senior Editor