Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings

Pawn of Prophecy was written by David Eddings and is part of a three book series. I feel like the author has a similar stile of writing as Terry pratchett although he does not get too technical when explaining how things work. I must admit its only really till i go to the middle of the story that I began to understand what was happening.the first few chapters go into detail of how there world was created by the seven guards Audor,Torek and five other quards what gets confusing is when he goes into describing which cities the gods are control of and history of many wars that have gone on in the past. Garion one of the characters in the book is very ...  Read the complete review

This is the first Eddings book - the begining of the Belgariad. It introduces some of the main characters that appear in the Belgariad and the Mallorean series of books and is an ideal book to introduce you both to Eddings and Fantasy novels as a whole.It deals with Garion, a ordinary farm boy who is suddenly taken on a dangerous journey filled with sorcery and adventure by his "Aunt" and other companions. He gradually over the series of 5 books comes to relise his destiny. So far normal fantasy fare - however what distinguishes Eddings from many other fanatasy writers is the excellent writing, the characterisation and the numerous humerous ...  Read the complete review

By the age of six years old I was quite adapt at reading books on my own, having progressed from Noddy to Famous Five books I was always to be found under the table with the table cloth pulled down to hide me so I could read in peace. Then one Christmas someone bought me Alice in Wonder Land and Through the Looking Glass this was my first introduction to fantasy books and led on to me reading fantasy and sci-fi books, from The Lord of the Rings, Weaveworld, Michael Moorcock, and many others you’ll never find me without a book on the go. Then two weeks ago I went to the boot sale and bought the five books which make up the story of The Belgariad, written ...  Read the complete review

This book is the literary equivalent of cocaine. As soon as you get past the opening section, you enter one of the most interesting and emotionally challenging universes ever created in a fantasy novel. Pawn of Prophecy is the first book in the "Belgariad", a series spanning 5 novels which is then continued in the "Mallorean". Although Eddings wrote another couple of series, the Belgariad is easily the best. The story revolves around garion and his companions, who are following a shadowy thief who has stolen an object of importance. Garion's companions include Belgarath the Sourcerer, Garion's aunt Pol (the daughter of ...  Read the complete review

Pawn of Prophecy is the first in a series of fantasy novels, the Belgariad . It is set against a lavish historical backdrop of Gods, prophecies and races that is indeed an achievement in itself. Our main character is the most unsuspecting Garion. Garion is a young boy who lives the comfortable and typical Sendarian life in the heart of Sendaria at Faldor’s farm with his Aunt Pol. Suddenly his life is turned upside down as he begins to ask the question, who is he? His Aunt Pol has always been rather dismissive when he began to ask question about his parents, coupled with the strange birthmark on his hand and the mysterious cloaked figure who seems to haunt ...  Read the complete review