The final word? (Polgara the Sorceress - David Eddings)

Member Name: John Rickard

Product:	Polgara the Sorceress - David Eddings
Date:	11/03/01 (32 review reads)
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Advantages: Gives a sense of completeness.

Disadvantages: Probably the last book that can be squeezed out of this series.

This is almost certainly the last entry in the Belgariad and Mallorean series, and tells the story of Polgara, from before her birth, until just before the start of the Belgariad.

You might think this is familiar territory, already covered in Belgarath the Sorcerer, but there is actually a lot in here that we haven't seen before.

There are two areas that are almost entirely new here. The first is something of a side issue as far as the main plot is concerned, and tells of Polgara's ultimatly futile attempts to end the Arendish civil wars by helping the Wacite Arends, the most civilised of the Arends. While this has little impact on the overall plot, it is very entertaining, and is justified to a certain extent by the creation of Sendaria, which here follows on from Pol's efforts.

More importantly for the plot, we see Polgara's countless years guarding Garion's ancestors. Even in Belgarath the Sorcerer, this part was largly skipped over, but here we get to see the main incidents from several generations of the family, and the foiling of repeated Grolim plots to either kill or subvert the family.

This is an entertaining and revealing book, but it should be the last of the series - any more would perhaps be too thin.

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