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Long ago, so the Storyteller claimed, the evil god Torak sought dominion and drove men and Gods to war. But Belgrath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that protected the West. So long as it lay at Riva, the prophecy went, men would be safe. That was only a story, and Garion did not believe in magic dooms, even though the man without a shadow had haunted him for years.

Legends tell of the evil god Torak coveting the power of the Orb of Aldur. Prophecy also speaks of a time when he will again awaken to seek dominance over all the world. Now the Orb has been stolen by a priest of Torak, and that time is at hand. Belgarath the Sorcerer and his daughter, Polgara the arch-Sorceress, are on the trail of the Orb, seeking to regain it before the final disaster. With them goes Garion, a simple farm boy only months before, but now the focus of the struggle.

Ce'Nedra, Imperial Princess of Tolnedra, is confused. Everyone knows the tales of the Orb protecting the West from the evil god Torak are just silly legends. But here she is, forced to join a quest to recover that stolen Orb. No one believes in sorcery, but Garion's aunt and grandfather seem to be the fabled sorcerers Polgara and Belgarath. Even young Garion is learning to do sorcery. He's just a farm boy, totally unsuitable for an Imperial Princess. Yet for some reason, she has the urge to comfort him.

It all began with the theft of the Orb that protected the West from the evil God Torak. Before that, Garion had been a simple farm boy. Afterward, he discovered he's a sorcerer. Now, at last, the Orb has been regained and the quest nears its end. Of course, the questors must still escape from a crumbling enemy fortress, flee across a desert filled with Murgo soldiers, and avoid the Grolim Hierarchs seeking to destroy them with dark magic.

The quest was over. The Orb of Aldur was restored. And once again, with the crowning of Garion, there was a descendant of Riva Iron-grip to rule as Overlord of the West. And yet the prophecy was unfulfilled. In the east, the evil god Torak was about to awaken and seek dominion. Somehow, Garion had to face the god, to kill or be killed. On the outcome of that dread duel rested the destiny of the world.

Best-selling authors David and Leigh Eddings welcome fans back to the time before The Belgariad and The Malloreon series. Join them as they chronicle that fateful conflict between two mortally opposed Destinies, in a monumental war of men and kings and gods.

Polgara is the epic culmination of a magnificent saga, and a fitting farewell to a world which, once experienced, will never be forgotten. 

She soars above a world of warriors, kings, and priests. The daughter of Belgarath and the shape-shifter Poledra, she has fought wars, plotted palace coups, and worked her powerful magic for three thousand years. Now, Polgara looks back at her magnificent life, in this fitting crown jewel to the saga that is the Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean cycles.  

Garions Schicksal nähert sich dem Höhepunkt. Er und seine Gefährten konnten das Auge Aldurs zurückerobern. Nun reisen sie nach Riva, der Insel der Stürme. Dort wird Garion das letzte Geheimnis seiner Herkunft offenbart werden, sobald sich das Auge wieder an dem ihm bestimmten Platz befindet. Und er muss sich entscheiden, auf welche Weise er sein Schicksal erfüllen will. Bald wird er dem finsteren Gott Torak gegenübertreten müssen, und niemand weiß, wie dieses Duell enden wird. Doch Garion hat noch ein anderes Problem: die zukünftige Königin von Riva!

Der Fantasy-Klassiker endlich wieder verfügbar - in überarbeiteter Neuausgabe. Der New-York-Times-Platz-1-Bestsellerautor David Eddings war in den 80er Jahren nicht nur einer der Helden der Fantasy-Leser, sondern ist für viele der erfolgreichen Fantasy-Autoren von heute ein Vorbild. Die Lektüre der "Belgariad"-Saga ist wie eine Begegnung mit Freunden. Die Charaktere dieser heroischen Coming-of-Age-Fantasy wachsen einem sofort ans Herz, und gemeinsam mit ihnen erforscht man eine wunderbare Welt und kämpft im epischen Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse.

Ein junger Held tritt seinem Schicksal entgegen. Er zögert, zaudert und hat Angst - doch am Ende tut er das Richtige! Der New York Times-Bestsellerautor David Eddings war in den Achtziger Jahren nicht nur einer der Helden der Fantasy-Leser, sondern ist für viele der erfolgreichen Fantasy-Autoren von heute ein Vorbild. Die Lektüre der Belgariad-Saga ist wie eine Begegnung mit Freunden. Die Charaktere dieser heroischen Coming of Age-Fantasy wachsen einem sofort ans Herz. Gemeinsam mit ihnen erforscht man eine wunderbare Welt und kämpft im epischen Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse.

Je mehr der junge Garion über die Mission, die seine Gefährten und er übernommen haben, erfährt, desto mehr empfindet er sich als Belastung. Seine Freunde sind große Krieger, geschickte Diebe, mächtige Zauberer - und er ist scheinbar nur ein einfacher Junge vom Land. Mit Garion erschuf der New-York-Times-Platz-1-Bestsellerautor David Eddings in den 80er-Jahren eine neue Art des Fantasy-Helden: der vermeintlich einfache Junge, dessen Schicksal es ist, die Welt zu retten.

Endlich kennt der junge Garion seine Bestimmung: Er muss in einem Duell den finsteren Gott Torak besiegen. Doch ihn überkommen Angst und Zweifel. Das ist einfach zu viel für ihn. Wie soll er, ein einfacher Bauernjunge, gegen einen Gott bestehen? Zum Glück ist er nicht allein. Das Auge Aldurs, ein mächtiges magisches Juwel, und seine Freunde stehen ihm bei. Und natürlich sein Großvater, der Magier Belgarath - genannt "der Ewige".

Sparhawk, the Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion, returns from a long spell of exile to find his native land overrun with evil and intrigue, and his young Queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year.

Ehlana, Queen of Elenia, had been poisoned. A deep enchantment sustained her life, but only while the Knights aiding it still lived - and, already, they were dying, one each month. Then Sparhawk, the knight and Queen's Champion, learned that the cure for the poison was Bhelliom, the great jewel lost when Sarak of Thalesia died in battle 500 years before.

Garion has slain the evil God Torak and been crowned King of Riva. The Prophecy has been fulfilled - or so it seems.

Finally, the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhelliom, legendary jewel of magic that alone could save Queen Ehlana from the deadly poison that had felled her father. Sparhawk and Sephrenia, ageless instructor in Styric magics, made haste to free Ehlana from the crystalline cocoon that had preserved her life while they desperately sought a cure.

Zandranias stole King Garion's infant son, planning to use the child in a ritual that would make the Dark Destiny supreme. Garion and his friends followed, but now they were captives of Zakath, Emperor of Mallorea.

Troubles and delays continue to mount as King Garion, Belgarath, Polgara, and the company pursue Zandramas across the known world. Possessed by the Dark Destiny, Zandramas has kidnapped Garion's infant son and plans to use him in a ritual that would destroy all that men value. Always one step ahead, taunting and spying on Garion and his party in the form of a great flying dragon, Zandramas races to beat them to the "Place Which Is No More".

The infant son of Garion and Ce'Nedra had been foully kidnapped. And thus, they begin the great quest to rescue the child, with the immortal Belgarath the Sorcerer, his daughter Polgara the Sorceress, and,inevitably, the little Drasnian, Silk. Guided by the Orb of the god Aldur, their way leads through the foul swamps of Nyissa, then into the lands of the Murgos, where they must face a horrible danger to not only themselves, but to all of mankind.

Time was running out for Garion and his companions in their quest to recover Garion's infant son and heir. If they could not locate the Place Which Is No More, then Zandramas, the Child of Dark, would use Garion's son in a rite that would raise the Dark Prophecy to eternal domination over the universe. Only the Seeress of Kell could reveal the site of that mysterious place, and she could only do that once Garion and Polgara had fulfilled an ancient prophecy in the mountain fastness of the Seers.