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The Rivan codex
By David Eddings
Ancient Texts of The Belgariad and The Malloreon
When David Eddings sketched a strange map one morning before work, he took the
first step in an extraordinary imaginative journey that would last for years
and result in a majestic saga of Gods, Kings, and Sorcerers--one loved by
millions of readers the world over. Now David and Leigh Eddings take us on a
fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the extensive background materials they
compiled before beginning the masterpiece of epic fantasy unforgettably set
down in The Belgariad and The Malloreon and their two companion volumes,
Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress.
Our tour stretches from the wealthy Empire of Tolnedra to the remote Isle of
the Winds, from the mysterious mountains of Ulgoland to the forbidding reaches
of darkest Mallorea. We will visit the time before Time when two opposing
Destinies began the cataclysmic struggle for supremacy that would involve Gods
and men alike, crack a world asunder, and threaten to unravel the fabric of
the universe itself. We will see the origin of the Orb of Aldur and glimpse
the final act upon the Sardion Stone.
Along the way, we will stop to greet old friends: Belgarath, the Old Wolf,
disciple of the god Aldur; Polgara, his enigmatic daughter; brave Belgarion,
the Rivan King; and his beautiful Queen, Ce'Nedra. Old enemies will be
waiting, too: the maimed god Torak, evil incarnate; Zandramas, fearsome Child