Customer Reviews
Eat your heart out Tolkein - By: Eclectic Reader, 25 Apr 2008 
This book forms part of a terrific series beginning with `Belgareth the Sorcerer'. I don't read much of this genre (fantasy) but like The Hobbit/ Lord of the Rings this will appeal to a large audience.
Following Belgareth the Sorcerer there are two series of 5 books, `The Belgariad' & `The Mallorean' & it is advisable to read themin order, & if you can read `Belgareth' first (although you could save it & read it afterwards like a prequel).
I raced through the series. The Eddings' (the books were written by a couple) create a Tolkein-esque world with our hero Belgareth learning powers known as `the will & the word' through centuries of study under a benevolent God (the gods that created this world still live on itin physical form). This study elevates him to the status of a sorcerer & elongates his life span - he becomes a legend & a force for goodin the world. However, another disciple of his benevolent master rebels & steals the holy `Orb' stone, following a more sinister God. In the later series the Gods have left the planetin fear that their battle will destroy the world but their peoples continue to war - following the Prophecies left to them by the Gods. The two series follow the course of events as Belgareth leads the hunt for the traitor & the stone. It's very cleverly written & characters & events reappear as we become familiar with the history of this fictional world through the course of the books.
Really good fun & a definite recommendation if you want a light hearted escape that will keep you reading late into the night.
This is the order of the books:
The Belgariad
1. Pawn of Prophecy
2. Queen of Sorcery
3. Magician's Gambit
4. Castle of Wizardry
5. Enchanters' End Game
The Malloreon
1. Guardians of the West
2. King of the Murgos
3. Demon Lord of Karanda
4. Sorceress of Darshiva
5. The Seeress of Kell
amazing...don't know what's got into other eddings' fans - By: Death Lurks In Shadow, 03 Jul 2006 I have been a huge fan of eddings since i was 12. I got into his books when I accidently picked up Belgarath the Sorcerer at my library. All his works are very well written. The plot is at just the write pace. I think his writing is brilliant & it is what inspired me to writein the first place. What I don't understand is why loyal eddings' fans are saying that this wasn't the best ending they had hoped for. This was one of my favoritesin the Mallorean. I cried it was so good. They have the best character development I have discoveredin an author yet. Amazing ending to a brilliant & enchanting series
Eddings still on form! - By: L. K. Boulton, 10 Mar 2004 
Fabulous. Any fan of Eddings, get this. My first Eddings was The Belgariad, that was superb. This book, part of the Mallorean follows on, is fabulous. Who cannot fail to fallin love with the characters, especially Belgarath & Polgara, they're so compelling to read. Once you start reading the Mallorean, you won't be able to finish. Well worth it!
A fitting end to an eduring epic - By: , 19 Feb 2002 I found this book a fitting end to both the series which chart the progress of Garion from boyhood to his destiny. In response to the adverse comments I have heard / read, I would like to point out that by the time you reached the start of this book, you have already read 9 books, so something genuine must have kept you reading till the end.
If you read the first book of the Belgariad, you have a pretty good idea of the style & content of the other 9 books. This isn't a negative comment, just a reassurance that the same attention to detail remains throughout both series.
As a "final" book, the Seeress of Kell draws together all the loose endsin a way which makes you marvel that someone could keep a plot going (with all the new developments) over the years which it took David (and Leigh Eddings) to write the series.
For people who have only just come to this series & loved it, spare a thought for those of us who had to wait for several years between the publishing of the Seeress of Kell & the Prequels "Belgarath, the sorcerer" & ultimately "Polgara"!
The only negative criticism I would raise (and it applies more to the prequel novels than this)is that for a fantasy series setin an imaged world the speech is far too American!
If being a well-paced, descriptive, & full (but uncluttered) novel makes it childish, then I will happily turn my attention to the children's cornerin future!
Awful - By: , 19 Dec 2001 
I once had the misfortune to read this wretched series because I had nothing else to read. In fact the only thing that kept me going was the question as to whether I could predict what would happen to each of the major characters. I was spot on.
Cliched, stereotyped & unoriginal. Not for grown ups.
