Belgarath the Sorcerer

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If you like epic fantasies that live and breath, "Belgarath" and other works by David and Leigh Eddings are right for you! The core of the book is in the form of Belgarath's memoirs starting with his becoming an outcast from his village and becoming first disciple of the god Aldur and ending with the birth of Belgarion—a span of about seven thousand years. I'm more excited to read the next one from Polgara because she was my ultimate favourite and I think it's going to be really sad.

It should be noted that in Polgara the Sorceress, there is an entire section named after Geran, so it would appear that "Gared" has been, perhaps unintentionally, retconned to "Geran". The firsthand account of some of the larger Events hinted at throughout The Belgariad and The Mallorean was also quite fun, as was getting to know the beginnings of Belgarath's brother sorcerers Beldin, Belkira and Beltira. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.This homely speculation quickly leads into a discussion of the events that lead up to Garion’s part in the story, and finishes with a cooperative browbeating of Belgarath into writing an account of his own history. According to Belgarath the Sorcerer, the name of the Rivan prince who survived the assassination of the royal family was " Geran", whereas in Castle of Wizardry, Polgara says that the name was "Gared". I really enjoyed it at first, I loved Belgarath in the other books and so seeing his life was great. Even our most ancient of civilizations such as China and Egypt are nothing like they were towards the beginning of their existence, however in this book many countries and people change little from their inception to the "modern day".

I’m rather curious to see what Polgara’s book can possibly add, now all the major events have been covered so that will probably be my next audio book. Belgarath the Sorcerer creates inconsistencies with the rest of the books in the series rather than just fill in all the gaps. The Eddings do a fantastic job of capturing how different a man has to be after living this type of life.That's great if the series remains consistently good, intelligent and surprising - not so great if it lapses into predictability, laziness and mediocrity. The only negative, as I see it, is the fact that this book is simply a long explanation of the life of Belgarath.