title: Secrets of the Stone of Destiny: Legend, History, and Prophecy
author:  Adrian Gilbert 
description: Adrian Gilbert was born near London, where he attended St. Edmunds College, as well as the University of Kent at Cantebury, reading for an Honours degree in Chemistry. His first book, The Cosmic Wisdom Beyond Astrology, was written with the intent of bringing together scientific reasoning and mystical insight. As things have turned out, this has continued to be the hallmark of Adrian s writing and explains why his books have achieved world-wide recognition. Adrian has appeared in a number of documentaries including two for the BBC: The Great Pyramid, gateway to the stars and The Crystal skulls.
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  About the Book
  
  
  A magnificent epic set against a history of seven thousand years of the
  struggles of Gods and Kings and men – of strange lands and events – of fate
  and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!
  
  
  _THE BELGARIAD_
  
  
  It had all begun with the theft of the Orb that had so long protected the West
  from the evil God Torak. Before that, Garion had been a simple farm boy.
  Afterward, he discovered that his aunt was really the Sorceress Polgara and
  his grandfather was Belgarath, the Eternal Man. Then, on the long quest to
  recover the Orb, Garion found to his dismay that he, too, was a sorcerer.
  
  
  Now, at last, the Orb was regained and the quest was nearing its end. Of
  course, the questors still had to escape from this crumbling enemy fortress
  and flee across a desert filled with Murgo soldiers searching for them, while
  Grolim Hierarchs strove to destroy them with dark magic. Then, somehow, they
  must manage to be in Riva with the Orb by Erastide.
  
  
  After that, however, 