Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Book 35 of 2014
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Pawn of Prophecy is the first book in David Edding's pentalogy "The Belgariad", an epic fantasy following the story of the orphan boy, Garion, raised by his "Aunt Pol" on Faldor's farm in the small, rustic country of Sendaria. His life is a good one until one day the old storyteller, Mr. Wolf, comes to the farm and suddenly Garion is whisked away from the safety of the farm and thrust into a dangerous quest to find a mysterious object that has been stolen and that Mr. Wolf can track in some strange way. If isn't long before Garion begins to understand that his life is forever changed, and he is caught up in events that affect the entire world.
I love this series, and the next pentalogy set in this world, The Mallorean. As each book came out, I would start with the first book, and read through the entire series, and then when the series was complete, I used to re-read the entire set of ten books at least once a year. I haven't done that for quite a while, however, just recently I got a longing to revisit Garion and Belgarath and Polgara and the rest. Yes, it's like so many fantasy series with the boy upon whom the fate of the world rests, but it's just so very well-written, and I love the characters. Probably my very favorite fantasy series.
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Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Pawn of Prophecy is the first book in David Edding's pentalogy "The Belgariad", an epic fantasy following the story of the orphan boy, Garion, raised by his "Aunt Pol" on Faldor's farm in the small, rustic country of Sendaria. His life is a good one until one day the old storyteller, Mr. Wolf, comes to the farm and suddenly Garion is whisked away from the safety of the farm and thrust into a dangerous quest to find a mysterious object that has been stolen and that Mr. Wolf can track in some strange way. If isn't long before Garion begins to understand that his life is forever changed, and he is caught up in events that affect the entire world.
I love this series, and the next pentalogy set in this world, The Mallorean. As each book came out, I would start with the first book, and read through the entire series, and then when the series was complete, I used to re-read the entire set of ten books at least once a year. I haven't done that for quite a while, however, just recently I got a longing to revisit Garion and Belgarath and Polgara and the rest. Yes, it's like so many fantasy series with the boy upon whom the fate of the world rests, but it's just so very well-written, and I love the characters. Probably my very favorite fantasy series.
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