title: The Belgariad, Vol. 1: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit
author:  David Eddings 
description: <b>&#8220;Fabulous . . . Eddings has a marvelous storyteller style . . . exceedingly well portrayed and complex people. . . . More! More! More!&#8221;<br>&#8211;ANNE MCCAFFREY<br></b><br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>
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  # Pawn of Prophecy
  
    
  
  #### by
  
  ## David Eddings
  
    
  
  #### Book 1 of the Belgariad
  
    
    
    
  
  ####  Prologue  
    
  Part One  
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
    
  Part Two  
  12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
  
    
    
    
  
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  ![](Eddings - Belgariad 1 map - Prologue The Kingdoms.jpg)
  
    
    
  
  #### PROLOGUE
  
    
    
  
  _Being a History of the War of the Gods and the Acts of Belgarath the
  Sorcerer_
  
  -adapted from _The Book of Alorn_
  
    
    
  
  WHEN THE WORLD was new, the seven Gods dwelt in harmony, and the races of man
  were as one people. Belar, youngest of the Gods, was beloved by the Alorns. He
  abode with them and cherished them, and they prospered in his care. The other
  Gods also gathered peoples about them, and each God cherished his own people.
  
  But Belar's eldest brother, Aldur, was God over no people. He dwelt apart from
  men and Gods, until the day that a vagrant child sought him out. Aldur
  accepted the child as his disciple and c