Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124351 in Books
• Published on: 1996-07-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 839 pages

Synopsis
The story of Belgarath, the great sorcerer learned in the Will and the Word on whom the fate of the world depends. This is his own account of the struggle that went before "The Belgariad" and "The Malloreon". Only one man could tell of those near-forgotten times. That man is known as the Old Wolf.

Customer Reviews

A Marvellous Prequel to a Gripping Epic
This book provided a brilliant end to the Belgariad and Mallorean (even though it is a prequel you should read it after you have read the other books) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It tells the tale of Belgarath right through his life (seven thousand years or so)and is very hard to put down once it has been started.

I suggest that anyone planning on reading this book should read the Belgariad and Mallorean first, not because Belgarath the sorcerer is difficult to follow, but because reading this first may ruin these two series as it gives quite a lot away (only if you plan on reading the belgariad and mallorean. If you don't want to read either of them then feel free to read this on its own).

It's a great book. Well worth 5 out of 5.

The Eddings' at their best
David (and now Leigh) Eddings are two of my all time favourite fantasy authors creating a realistic and believeable characters and dialogue (a rarity in fantasy books.) but the endings have always been anticlimatic and predictable when compared to the epic sweep of the stories.

Belgarath aviods falling into this trap by being a prequel and having a number of small peaks rather than one gianormous one which coincidently showcases one of Eddings' best characters (perhaps because he is based on Favid Eddings himself?) It fills in a number of holes in the back story of Old Wolf while still managing to be an excellent book in its own right. My only real complaint is that it throws up a couple of continuity gliches and a word of warning this book contains some pretty big spoilers for both the Belgariad and the Mallorean so read them before hand then read this and the even more impressive Polgara the Sorceress.

I found this book both entertaining and enlightening.
Belgarath the Sorcer : the story of belgarath and how he became what he is.

If you havent read any of the belgariad series i would suggest that you do so now as the book can be quite hard to follow if you dont.

out of all the prequels i have read this is the most entertaining and the most readable. The story is complex at times but not at others. I have read all of the Mallorean and the Belgariad. I would recomend this writer to anyone. He has a certain style of writing I have never seen in any other Fantasy Writer.