Guardians of the West (Malloreon Series #1)

by David Eddings

Overview

A sequel to THE BELGARIAD, Garion has slain the evil God Torak, and fulfilled the prophecy. But suddenly another prophecy is foretold. Again a great evil is brewing in the East. And again Garion finds himself caught between two ancient Prophecies, with the fate of the world resting on him....

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780345352668
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/28/1988
Series:	Malloreon Series , #1
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	4.19(w) x 6.81(h) x 1.15(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

Editorial Reviews

Mr. Eddings's prose is competent but undistinguished, and his characterization is relatively flat; one cannot have too much growth and change if the characters may have to last for many more volumes in rigid roles. The writer's appeal appears to reside in a cavalcade of incidents whose only point seems to be moral instruction, often with wisecracks - scenes either provide overt examples of good and bad behavior or show and tell how to behave under specific circumstances.... This book is as solid as a marshmallow, and as nourishing, attenuated and inflated to unnatural size.
— The New York Times

David Hartwell