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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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Pandion Knight Sparhawk had bested the massed forces of the God Cyrgon upon the field of battle, victory turned to ashes when the foul God's minions kidnapped Sparhawk's wife, the beautiful Queen Ehlana. Sparhawk must surrender Bhelliom, the awesome jewel of power - or Ehlana would die.But Sparhawk fought on, and none of his companions flinched from the awesome struggle, though each must vanquish forces of evil from Tamuli's dark past.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Garion monta sur le trône de basalte et plaça l'Orbe sur le pommeau de l'énorme épée. Il y eut un déclic ; la force vive de la pierre fusa dans la garde. La lame se mit à luire et se détacha du mur. Il la rattrapa des deux mains. La foule dans la salle réprima un halètement. Garion sidéré vit l'Orbe jeter une formidable langue de feu bleu. Sans trop savoir pourquoi, il souleva le glaive.

Le dieu pervers, Torak, va s'éveiller. Les temps sont venus, l'univers vacille. Horreur ! Le dieu pervers, Torak, va s'éveiller ! Belgarath se hâte : il n'est que temps de retrouver l'Orbe d'Aldur, qui peut sauver les hommes de la colère des dieux. De la brumeuse Arendie à la putride Nyissie, patrie des Hommes-Serpents, Belgarath entraîne Garion sur une route semée d'embûches.

Les dieux créèrent l'homme, et chaque dieu choisit son peuple. Mais Torak, le dieu jaloux, vola l'Orbe d'Aldur, le joyau vivant façonné par l'aîné des dieux, et ce fut la guerre. Le félon fut condamné à un long sommeil hanté par la souffrance. Les siècles ont passé sur les royaumes du Ponant. Les livres des présages sont formels : Torak va s'éveiller. Et l'Orbe a disparu pour la seconde fois. Que le maudit la trouve à son réveil et il établira son empire sur toutes choses. Belgarath le sorcier parviendra-t-il à conjurer le sort ?

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".

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.

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.

Eerily attuned to one another, twins Regina and Renata are so identical that even their mother can’t tell them apart. Then tragedy strikes: A vicious attack leaves one twin dead and the other so traumatized that she turns totally inward, incapable of telling anyone what happened or even who she is. She remains lost to the world, until the day Mark, a family friend, comes to visit - and the young woman utters her first intelligible word. As she recovers, still with no memory of the past, her nightmares grow steadily more frightful, followed by wild fits of hysteria and dark mood swings....