The Belgariad · Book 4
Castle of Wizardry
- Published
- 1 January 1984
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN-13
- 9780345335708
- Type
- novel
About this book
Castle of Wizardry, the fourth novel, came out in 1984 at 384 pages, the longest book in the series. Garion's growth from bewildered farmhand toward accepting an identity he never wanted reaches a turning point here, ahead of the concluding volume, Enchanters' End Game, released the same year.
Its place in The Belgariad
Castle of Wizardry is book 4 in the The Belgariad series. It follows Magician's Gambit. It is followed by Enchanters' End Game. See the full The Belgariad reading order.
The Belgariad opens with Garion, a farm boy on Faldor's farm who has no idea he's the last in an ancient line of sorcerer-kings, swept into a quest alongside his aunt Pol and grandfather-figure Belgarath when a stolen jewel of world-shaping power, the Orb of Aldur, is taken north by a Grolim priest. What follows across five books is a five-thousand-year-old prophecy working itself out through an unlikely party -- a horse thief, a Drasnian spymaster princess, a Cherek warrior prince, an Algar horse lord -…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345335708