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I’m not really a graphic novel person, but when I was offered a copy of the graphic novel adaptation of The Amulet of Samarkand, a novel I much enjoyed when I read it a few years ago, I couldn’t resist! There isn’t a lot that can be said about a graphic novel that has been … Continue reading

So, onto book two of The Malloreon! As is the usual with these books, King of the Murgos start pretty much exactly where we left off. After receiving a cryptic message from the Seeress Cyradis about the location of his recently abducted son and involving the final meeting of the Child of Dark and the … Continue reading

The final book in The Belgariad fantasy series, Enchanter’s End Game begins by following Belgarion, Belgarath and Prince Kheldar’s trek through Gar og Nadrak as the small trio makes its way to the darkened city of Cthol Mishrak so that Garion may face the twisted God Kal Torak and fulfill the prophecy which has awaited … Continue reading

In Castle of Wizardry, book number four of the Belgariad, we once again rejoin the group where we left off. With the powerful Orb of Aldur finally recovered from the East, the quest Eddings’ characters first set out upon in Pawn of Prophecy is nearing it’s conclusion. But they still must reach the island kingdom … Continue reading

This third installment of The Belgariad follows it’s characters as they travel through a variety of new and interesting places; Maragor, a land empty of life, littered with gold and the ruins of a long-lost civilization and haunted by the tortured soul of the God Mara; the Vale of Aldur, home to the God as … Continue reading

Garion and his companions find themselves traveling to new and interesting places on their quest to recover the Orb, including the forever torn Arendia, the politically obsessed Tolnedra, and Nyssia, home of the snake people. Garion encounters many strange new allies – and many strange new enemies. What shall he discover about himself and his … Continue reading

Garion is just a regular farmboy, raised since infancy by his aunt Pol, the only family he has ever known. But soon enough Garion’s life takes a drastic turn. Suddenly, he is swept up in a quest for some mysterious, and dangerous, object that seems to have been stolen by an unnamed thief, and is … Continue reading