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David Edding's Pawn Of Prophecy - College Paper

David Edding's Pawn Of Prophecy

The book I chose to review was Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. The
world in which the story takes place is ruled by seven gods. At the
beginning of time the people of the world live in harmony under the seven
gods. Most of the gods choose groups of peoples to worship them, all but
Aldur have followers. A lone boy named Belgarath seeks out Aldur and is
taken in by him, Aldur then teaches him to be a sorcerer. After taking in
the boy, Aldur creates what was to be known as the Orb of Aldur. The orb
is so powerful that Aldur's brother Torak smites Aldur and steels the orb
from him. When Torak will not return the orb, the peoples of the world
attack him and his people, the Angaraks. ...

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by the Chereks, but somehow, a man known as the Apostate takes
the orb hoping to deliver it to Torak. Belgarath, his daughter Polgara, a
Cherek named Barak, a Drasnian named Silk, a Sendar named Durnik and a
young boy named Garion venture out into the world to try and recover the
orb. Garion is of the Cherek line and has the mark of the orb. The book
is only one of a series of ten books and the plot ends abruptly with
Belgarath and his band of wanderers setting sail for Camaar to continue the
search for the Apostate and the orb. The Pawn of Prophecy is a book that
deals a battle between good and evil forces. Both forces have objectives
that can only be achieved at the expense of the other side's goals. This
means that only one side may win - there will be no compromise. Because
both sides are approximately equal to each other in power, the victor of
this war will not be the most physically powerful side will be the side
that has the stronger will power - the side that ...

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Added: 4/19/2008 08:17:32 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
Words: 1050
Pages: 4

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