Polgara the Sorceress is undoubtedly one of the best books written by David and Leigh Eddings and probably deserves pride of place in anyone's fantasy collection.

The scripting throughout the book is very accurate but that is not unexpected from the Eddingses who have built up a huge dossier of information on their universe and even released as a book.

Polgara character was a good choice as she is undoubtedly one of the most powerful women in this universe and her description of events and the conflict between herself and her father is nothing short of enjoyable.

I am very much in favour of this first person method of writing as I feel it conveys far more information than an ever watchful third person could.
It is also interesting to note that the emotions of the character are laid bare in a way that you would be hard pressed to find in many other novels and at times you almost feel as if you were their. The cast of characters is exactly the same as the ones we have come to know and love, and as such are invaluable in setting the feel for the novel.

I have in fact only two very minor quibbles with this book namely the fact that it is retracing old ground but only from Polgara's point of view as opposed to Belgareth's. Secondly is that I feel that in order to understand this book you have to buy all of Edding's other books associated with Garion so in away this book cannot stand alone which is very sad as I feel that even by itself this would have made a fine book.

So in short if you wan to read possibly David and Leigh's greatest ever work read this.