Castle of wizardry

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David Eddings: Castle of wizardry (1984, Ballantine)

373 pages

English language

Published Nov. 20, 1984 by Ballantine.

ISBN:
978-0-345-30080-5
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5 stars (2 reviews)

The fourth book of the Belgariad.A magnificent epic set against a history of seven thousand years of the struggles of Gods and Kings and men - of strange lands and events - of fate and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!THE BELGARIADIt had all begun with the theft of the Orb that had so long protected the West from the evil God Torak. Before that, Garion had been a simple farm boy. Afterward, he discovered that his aunt was really the Sorceress Polgara and his grandfather was Belgarath, the Eternal Man. Then, on the long quest to recover the Orb, Garion found to his dismay that he, too, was a sorcerer.Now, at last, the Orb was regained and the quest was nearing its end. Of course, the questors still had to escape from this crumbling enemy fortress and flee across a desert filled with Murgo soldiers searching for them, while …

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5 stars

My only regret on this one is that I've read it so many times there's little drama in it for me. Also I think the second sequence of books undoes some tension from the Belgariad with a lot of "oh that was actually definitely going to happen".

This book and the previous actually remind me a lot of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance now. I just want travelogues, I think. And a bit of a rest in Riva, which is basically the kingdome of hygge, but either Icelandic or Welsh. Lashing rain, austere architecture, cozy indoors.