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Belgarath the Sorcerer

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Belgarath the Sorcerer
AuthorDavid Eddings and Leigh Eddings
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherDel Rey Books
Publication date
1995
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages736 (paperback)
ISBN0-345-40395-9
OCLC34873399

Belgarath the Sorcerer is a fantasy novel by American writers David Eddings and Leigh Eddings. Set in the same universe as the Eddings' The Belgariad and The Malloreon, it is a prequel to the other series, although the framework story is set after the events of The Malloreon.

Story

The book opens shortly after the end of The Malloreon with Belgarion, with help from Durnik, pestering Belgarath to write an autobiographical account of the events prior to The Belgariad. The core of the book is in the form of Belgarath's memoirs starting with his becoming an outcast from his village and becoming first disciple of the god Aldur and ending with the birth of Belgarion—a span of about seven thousand years.

Polgara the Sorceress is a companion book to Belgarath the Sorcerer which form the memoirs of Belgarath's elder daughter, Polgara.[1][2]