In a recent interview with, he said: 'I don't take orders from readers.' He later switched to writing epic fantasy, a field in which he achieved great success. David Eddings' wife, Leigh Eddings, was an uncredited co-author on many of his early books, but he had later acknowledged that she contributed to them all.ĭavid Eddings' first books (which were general fiction) sold moderately well. But how can one man destroy an immortal God?ĭavid Eddings was an American author who wrote several best-selling series of epic fantasy novels. On the outcome of this dread duel rests the future of the world. Somehow, Garion has to face the God, to kill or be killed. For the evil God Torak is about to awaken and seek dominion. But even when the quest is complete, Garion's destiny is far from fulfilled. After discovering a shocking secret about himself he never could have imagined-all in pursuit of the legendary Orb-Garion and his fellow adventurers must escape a crumbling enemy fortress and flee across a vast desert filled with ruthless soldiers whose only aim is to destroy them. The quest may be nearing its end, but the danger continues. For Garion is a child of destiny, and fate itself is leading him far from his home, sweeping him irrevocably toward a distant tower-and a cataclysmic confrontation with a master of the darkest magic. Until, through a twist of fate, he learns not only that the story of the Orb is true, but that he must set out on a quest of unparalleled magic and danger to help recover it. Garion, a simple farm boy, is familiar with the legend of the Orb, but skeptical in matters of magic. As long as the Orb was at Riva, the prophecy went, its people would be safe from this corrupting power.

It all begins with the theft of the Orb that for so long protected the West from an evil god.

Pawn of prophecy by david eddings