The Belgariad · Book 1
Pawn of Prophecy
- Published
- 1 January 1982
- Pages
- 258
- ISBN-13
- 9780552122849
- Type
- novel
About this book
David Eddings opened The Belgariad in 1982 with Pawn of Prophecy, a 258-page first novel -- the shortest book in the series. It introduces Garion, a farm boy on Faldor's farm who has no idea he's the last in an ancient line of sorcerer-kings, told entirely from his confused point of view until the true nature of the quest is revealed partway through.
Its place in The Belgariad
Pawn of Prophecy is book 1 in the The Belgariad series. It is followed by Queen of Sorcery. 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 9780552122849